Helen F. Ladd
Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Helen F. Ladd is the Susan B. King Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Economics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Her education research focuses on school finance and accountability, teacher labor markets, school choice, and early childhood programs. With colleagues at Duke University and UNC, she has used rich longitudinal administrative data from North Caroline to study school segregation, teacher labor markets, teacher quality, charter schools, and early childhood programs. With her husband, Edward Fiske, she has written books and articles on education reform efforts in New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, and England.
She is the co-author or co-editor of 12 books. These include Holding Schools Accountable: Performance-Based Reform in Education (Brookings Institution, 1996); The Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy (2008 and second edition 2015), books on school reform in New Zealand and South Africa, and Educational Goods: Values, Evidence and Decision Making (University of Chicago Press, 2018).
From 1996-99 she co-chaired a National Academy of Sciences Committee on Education Finance. In that capacity she is the co-editor of two books: a set of background papers, Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance and the final report, Making Money Matter: Financing America’s Schools.
In 2011, she was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education. During 2016 and 2017 she served as a member of a National Academy study of financing early care and education with a highly qualified workforce. She is currently a member of the N.C. Governor's Commission on Access to a Sound, Basic Education.
She was president of the Association for Public Policy and Management in 2011 and, from its founding in 2008 until 2017 was co-chair of the national campaign for a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education.
Prior to 1986, she taught at Dartmouth College, Wellesley College, and at Harvard University, first in the City and Regional Planning Program and then in the Kennedy School of Government. She graduated with a B.A. degree from Wellesley College in 1967, received a master's degree from the London School of Economics in 1968, and earned her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1974.
Early in her career, her research focused on state and local public finance, and she was active in the National Tax Association, which she served as president in 1993-94. She has also been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, a senior research fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution.
With the support of two Fulbright grants, she spent the spring term of 1998 in New Zealand studying that country’s education system and the spring term of 2002 doing similar research in South Africa. More recently, she spent a term as a visiting researcher at the University of Amsterdam examining the Netherlands’ long experience with parental choice and weighted student funding, and two months in London at the Institute for Fiscal Studies pursuing research on school improvement and English academies.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2017
- Professor Emerita of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2017
- Professor Emeritus of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017
- Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy 2015
Contact Information
- 238 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90132, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0312
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hladd@duke.edu
(919) 613-7352
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Helen Ladd CV
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 1974
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1998 - 2017
- Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 1986 - 2017
- Susan B. King Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2014 - 2017
- Edgar Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2003 - 2014
- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1986 - 2007
- Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1995 - 1997
- Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1991 - 1994
- Recognition
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Awards & Honors
- Outstanding Service Award. Association for Education Finance and Policy. February 2015
- Outstanding University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award. Duke University. 2012
- Elected to the National Academy of Education. National Academy of Education. 2011
- Member. National Academy of Education. 2010
- Spencer Foundation Lecture in Education Policy and Management. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. 2007
- RAYMOND VERNON MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST RESEARCH ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN JPAM. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. 2004
- Steven D. Gold Award. National Tax Association. 2002
- The Steven D. Gold Award. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. 2002
- Fulbright Lecturer/Research Scholarship to South Africa. Council for International Exchange of Scholars. 2001
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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Teaching
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- CALDER Project 4.0 awarded by American Institutes for Research 2021 - 2023
- Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research - CALDER awarded by American Institutes for Research 2017 - 2019
- Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research - CALDER awarded by American Institutes for Research 2013 - 2018
- Exploring the Linkages Between Post-Secondary School and Labor Market Success awarded by American Institutes for Research 2011 - 2014
- HUD Community Development Work Study Program awarded by Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2001 - 2003
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External Relationships
- Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Fiske, E. B., and H. F. Ladd. Education equity in an international context, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203788684.Full Text
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Fiske, Edward B., and Helen F. Ladd. Elusive Equity: Education reform in post-Apartheid New Zealand. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
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Fiske, Edward B., and Helen F. Ladd. When Schools Compete. Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
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Fiske, Edward B., and Helen F. Ladd. When Schools Compete. Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
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Fiske, Edward B., and Helen F. Ladd. When Schools Compete. Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
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Ladd, Helen F. The Challenge of Fiscal Disparities for State and Local Governments. Edward Elgar Pub, 1999.
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Ladd, Helen F., and John Yinger. America's Ailing Cities: Fiscal Health and the Design of Urban Policy. JHU Press, 1991.
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Schafer, Robert, and Helen F. Ladd. Discrimination in Mortgage Lending. MIT Press (MA), 1981.
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Academic Articles
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Clotfelter, C. T., S. W. Hemelt, H. F. Ladd, and M. R. Turaeva. “School Segregation in the Era of Color-Blind Jurisprudence and School Choice.” Urban Affairs Review 59, no. 2 (March 1, 2023): 406–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874211049510.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and E. B. Fiske. “Charter schools and equity: The power of accountability.” Phi Delta Kappan 103, no. 1 (September 1, 2021): 20–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/00317217211043620.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, C. R. Clifton, and M. R. Turaeva. “School Segregation at the Classroom Level in a Southern ‘New Destination’ State.” Race and Social Problems 13, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 131–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-020-09309-w.Full Text
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Hemelt, S. W., H. F. Ladd, and C. R. Clifton. “Do Teacher Assistants Improve Student Outcomes? Evidence From School Funding Cutbacks in North Carolina.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 43, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 280–304. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373721990361.Full Text
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Muschkin, C. G., H. F. Ladd, K. A. Dodge, and Y. Bai. “Gender Differences in the Impact of North Carolina’s Early Care and Education Initiatives on Student Outcomes in Elementary School.” Educational Policy 34, no. 2 (March 1, 2020): 377–407. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904818773901.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Ladd, H. F., and J. D. Singleton. “The fiscal externalities of charter schools: Evidence from North Carolina.” Education Finance and Policy 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 191–208. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00272.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “EXPERIMENTATION FALLS SHORT AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 38, no. 4 (September 1, 2019): 1074–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22165.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS THREATEN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 38, no. 4 (September 1, 2019): 1063–71. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22163.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., S. W. Hemelt, and H. F. Ladd. “Raising the bar for college admission: North Carolina’s increase in minimum math course requirements.” Education Finance and Policy 14, no. 3 (July 1, 2019): 492–521. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00258.Full Text
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Brighouse, H., H. Ladd, S. Loeb, and A. Swift. “Good education policy making: Data-informed but values-driven.” Phi Delta Kappan 100, no. 4 (December 1, 2018): 36–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721718815671.Full Text
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Heissel, J. A., and H. F. Ladd. “School turnaround in North Carolina: A regression discontinuity analysis.” Economics of Education Review 62 (February 1, 2018): 302–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.08.001.Full Text
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Fiske, E. B., and H. F. Ladd. “Self-governing schools, parental choice, and the need to protect the public interest.” Phi Delta Kappan 99, no. 1 (September 1, 2017): 31–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721717728276.Full Text
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Holbein, J. B., and H. F. Ladd. “Accountability pressure: Regression discontinuity estimates of how No Child Left Behind influenced student behavior.” Economics of Education Review 58 (June 1, 2017): 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.03.005.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: A DEEPLY FLAWED FEDERAL POLICY.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 36, no. 2 (March 1, 2017): 461–69. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21978.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Commentary.” Journal of Social Issues 72, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 812–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12195.Full Text
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Dodge, K. A., Y. Bai, H. F. Ladd, and C. G. Muschkin. “Impact of North Carolina's Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School.” Child Dev, November 1, 2016, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12645.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Holbein, John B., and Helen F. Ladd. “Accountability Pressure: Regression Discontinuity Estimates of How NCLB Affects Student Behavior,” May 9, 2016.
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Brighouse, H., H. F. Ladd, S. Loeb, and A. Swift. “Educational goods and values: A framework for decision makers.” Theory and Research in Education 14, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 3–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477878515620887.Full Text
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Muschkin, C. G., H. F. Ladd, and K. A. Dodge. “Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Initiatives on Special Education Placements in Third Grade.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 37, no. 4 (December 1, 2015): 478–500. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373714559096.Full Text
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob Vigdor. “Public Universities, Equal Opportunity, and the Legacy of Jim Crow: Evidence from North Carolina,” September 2015.
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, C. Muschkin, and J. L. Vigdor. “Developmental education in North Carolina community colleges.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 37, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 354–75. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373714547267.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., C. G. Muschkin, and K. A. Dodge. “From birth to school: Early childhood initiatives and third-grade outcomes in North Carolina.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33, no. 1 (December 1, 2014): 162–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21734.Full Text
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Vigdor, J. L., H. F. Ladd, and E. Martinez. “Scaling the digital divide: Home computer technology and student achievement.” Economic Inquiry 52, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 1103–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12089.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, C. G. Muschkin, and J. L. Vigdor. “Success in Community College: Do Institutions Differ?” Research in Higher Education 54, no. 7 (November 1, 2013): 805–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-013-9295-6.Full Text
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Fuller, S. C., and H. F. Ladd. “School-based accountability and the distribution of teacher quality across grades in elementary school.” Education Finance and Policy 8, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 528–59. https://doi.org/10.1162/EDFP_a_00112.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., C. G. Muschkin, and K. A. Dodge. “From Birth to School: Early Childhood Initiatives and Third-Grade Outcomes in North Carolina.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21734.Full Text
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “New destinations, new trajectories? The educational progress of Hispanic youth in North Carolina.” Child Development 83, no. 5 (September 2012): 1608–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01797.x.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 31, no. 2 (March 1, 2012): 203–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21615.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Ladd, H. F. “Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence, Presidential address to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 31, no. 2 (2012): 203–27.
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Ladd, H. F., Charles T. Clotfelter, and Jacob Vigdor. “New Destinations, New Trajectories? The Educational Progress of Hispanic Youth in North Carolina, Special Section on Children from Immigrant Families.” Child Development 83, no. 5 (2012): 1608–22.
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “Teacher Mobility, school Segregation, and Pay-Based policies to level the playing field.” Education Finance and Policy 6, no. 3 (June 1, 2011): 399–438. https://doi.org/10.1162/EDFP_a_00040.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Teachers' Perceptions of their Working Conditions: How Predictive of Planned and Actual teacher Movement?” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 33, no. 2 (June 1, 2011): 235–61. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373711398128.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and E. B. Fiske. “Weighted student funding in the Netherlands: A model for the U.S.?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 30, no. 3 (June 1, 2011): 470–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20589.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Comment by Helen F. Ladd.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 2 (December 1, 2010): 200–207.
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Ladd, Helen F. “Education Inspectorate Systems in New Zealand and the Netherlands.” Education Finance and Policy 5, no. 3 (July 2010): 378–92. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00005.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and D. L. Lauen. “Status versus growth: The distributional effects of school accountability policies.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 29, no. 3 (June 1, 2010): 426–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20504.Full Text
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Ladd, Helen F. “The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity.” Journal of Economic Literature 48, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 162–66.Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “Teacher credentials and student achievement in high school: A cross-subject analysis with student fixed effects.” Journal of Human Resources 45, no. 3 (January 1, 2010): 655–81. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.3.655.Full Text
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Fiske, B., and H. F. Ladd. “The dutch experience with weighted student funding.” Phi Delta Kappan 92, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 49–53. https://doi.org/10.1177/003172171009200108.Full Text
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Ladd Edward, H. F., and B. Fiske. “The Dutch Experience with Weighted Student Funding: Some Lessons for the U.S.” Phi Delta Kappan, 2010.
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Ladd, H. F. “Education Inspectorate Systems in New Zealand and the Netherlends: ( Policy Brief ).” Education Finance and Policy, 2010.
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8.” Review of Economics and Statistics 91, no. 2 (May 1, 2009): 398–419. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.91.2.398.Full Text
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Bifulco, R., H. F. Ladd, and S. L. Ross. “The effects of public school choice on those left behind: Evidence from Durham, North Carolina.” Peabody Journal of Education 84, no. 2 (April 1, 2009): 130–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/01619560902810104.Full Text
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “Are Teacher Absences Worth Worrying About in the United States?” Education Finance and Policy 4, no. 2 (April 2009): 115–49. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp.2009.4.2.115.Full Text
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Bifulco, Robert, Helen F. Ladd, and Stephen L. Ross. “Public school choice and integration evidence from Durham, North Carolina.” Social Science Research 38, no. 1 (March 2009): 71–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.10.001.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “School policies and the test score gap,” December 1, 2008, 289–319.
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Cordes, J., D. Conger, H. Ladd, and M. Luger. “Undergraduate and doctoral education in public policy: What? Why? Why not? Whereto?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 27, no. 4 (September 1, 2008): 1009–26. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20370.Full Text
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Atkinson, A. B., S. Cnossen, H. F. Ladd, P. Mieszkowski, P. Pestieau, and P. A. Samuelson. “Commemorating Richard Musgrave (1910-2007).” Finanzarchiv 64, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 145–70. https://doi.org/10.1628/001522108X334821.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C., E. Glennie, H. Ladd, and J. Vigdor. “Would higher salaries keep teachers in high-poverty schools? Evidence from a policy intervention in North Carolina.” Journal of Public Economics 92, no. 5–6 (June 1, 2008): 1352–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.07.003.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., E. J. Glennie, H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “Teacher bonuses and teacher retention in low-performing schools: Evidence from the North Carolina $1,800 teacher bonus program.” Public Finance Review 36, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 63–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/1091142106291662.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “School Segregation Under Color-blind Jurisprudence: The Case of North Carolina.” Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 16, no. 1 (2008).
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Elizabeth J. Glennie, Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “Teacher Bonuses and Teacher Retention in Low-Performing Schools.” Public Finance Review 36, no. 1 (January 2008): 63–87.
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Ladd, H. F. “Reflections on Equity, Adequacy, and Weighted Student Funding.” Journal of Education Finance and Policy 3, no. 4 (2008): 402–23.
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Ladd, Helen F., and Edward B. Fiske. “Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy.” Education Finance and Policy 3, no. 1 (January 2008): 149–50. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp.2008.3.1.149.Full Text
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Bifulco, R., and H. F. Ladd. “School choice, racial segregation, and test-score gaps: Evidence from North Carolina's charter school program.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26, no. 1 (December 1, 2007): 31–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20226.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, J. L. Vigdor, and J. Wheeler. “High Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and Principals.” North Carolina Law Review 85, no. 5 (June 2007): 1345–80.
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Ladd, H. F., and David Figlio. “The Economics of School Accountability.” International Encyclopedia of Education, 2007.
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Ladd, Helen F. “Teacher labor markets in developed countries.” The Future of Children 17, no. 1 (January 2007): 201–17. https://doi.org/10.1353/foc.2007.0006.Full Text
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Bifulco, R., and H. F. Ladd. “Institutional change and coproduction of public services: The effect of charter schools on parental involvement.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 16, no. 4 (October 1, 2006): 553–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muj001.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Fiske, E., and H. Ladd. “Racial equity in education: How far has South Africa come?” Perspectives in Education 24, no. 2 (June 1, 2006): 95–108.
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Bifulco, Robert, and Helen F. Ladd. “The Impacts of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: Evidence from North Carolina.” Education Finance and Policy 1, no. 1 (March 2006): 50–90. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp.2006.1.1.50.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C., H. Ladd, and J. Vigdor. “Federal Oversight, Local Control, and the Specter of 'Resegregation' in Southern.” American Law & Economics Review, 2006, 1–43.Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Clotfelter, C., H. Ladd, and J. Vigdor. “Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness.” Journal of Human Resources 41 (2006): 778–820.
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Bifulco, HF Ladd with Robert. “Results [about charter schools] from the Tar Heel State.” Education Next, October 2005, 60–66.
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Bifulco, R., and H. F. Ladd. “Results from the tar heel state.” Education Next 5, no. 4 (September 1, 2005): 60–66.Open Access Copy
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Clotfelter, C., H. Ladd, and J. Vigdor. “Who Teaches Whom? Race and the Distribution of Novice Teachers.” Economics of Education Review 24 (2005): 377–92.
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “Federal Oversight, Local Control, and the Specter of "Resegregation" in Southern Schools,” January 2005.
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Ladd, Helen F. “Public sector management in New Zealand: Lessons and challenges.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24, no. 1 (2005): 193–96.
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Ladd, H. F. “Comment: The partially subsidized muse: Estimating the value and incidence of public support received by nonprofit arts organizations.” City Taxes, City Spending: Essays in Honor of Dick Netzer, December 1, 2004, 241–43. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781845421632.00015.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, J. L. Vigdor, and R. A. Diaz. “Do School Accountability Systems Make It More Difficult for Low-Performing Schools to Attract and Retain High-Quality Teachers?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 23, no. 2 (March 1, 2004): 251–71. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20003.Full Text
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina's Public School Classrooms.” North Carolina Law Review 81, no. 4 (May 2003): 1463–1511.
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Ladd, H. F., and E. B. Fiske. “Does competition improve teaching and learning? Evidence from New Zealand.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 97–112. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737025001095.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and A. Zelli. “School-based accountability in North Carolina: The responses of school principals.” Educational Administration Quarterly 38, no. 4 (October 1, 2002): 494–529. https://doi.org/10.1177/001316102237670.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “School vouchers: A critical view.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 16, no. 4 (September 1, 2002): 3–24. https://doi.org/10.1257/089533002320950957.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Walsh, HF Ladd with Randall. “Implementing Value-Added Measures of School Effectiveness: Getting the Incentives Right.” Economics of Education Review 21, no. 1 (February 2002): 1–17.
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Johnson, HF Ladd with Michael, and Jens Ludwig. “The Benefits and Costs of Residenital Mobility Programs for the Poor.” Housing Studies 17 (2002): 125–38.
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Ladd, H. F., and S. E. Murray. “Intergenerational conflict reconsidered: County demographic structure and the demand for public education.” Economics of Education Review 20, no. 4 (August 1, 2001): 343–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00058-3.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “School Based Educational Accountability Systems: The Promise and the Pitfalls.” National Tax Journal LIV, no. 2 (June 2001): 385–400.
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Fiske, E. B., and H. F. Ladd. “Self-governing schools and accountability in New Zealand.” Prospects 31, no. 4 (January 1, 2001): 537–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03220038.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “School-based educational accountability systems: The promise and the pitfalls.” National Tax Journal 54, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 385–400. https://doi.org/10.17310/ntj.2001.2.09.Full Text
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Ludwig, HF Ladd with Jens, and Greg Duncan. “The Effects of Urban Poverty on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.” Brookings Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs 2 (2001).
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Ladd, H. F., and E. B. Fiske. “The uneven playing field of school choice: Evidence from New Zealand.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20, no. 1 (2001): 43–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6688(200124)20:1<43::AID-PAM1003>3.0.CO;2-4.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “The Dallas school accountability and incentive program: An evaluation of its impacts on student outcomes.” Economics of Education Review 18, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-7757(97)00044-7.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and J. Ludwig. “MTO: A residential relocation demonstration program in the United States.” Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 14, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 61–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02496541.Full Text
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Ludwig, HF Ladd with Jens. “Residential Relocation Policies in the United States: The Moving to Opportunity Demonstration.” Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 14, no. 1 (1999).
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Ladd, H. F. “Evidence on Discrimination in Mortgage Lending.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 12, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 41–62. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.12.2.41.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and J. Ludwig. “Federal Housing Assistance, Residential Relocation, and Educational Opportunities: Evidence from Baltimore.” American Economic Review 87, no. 2 (May 1, 1997): 272–77.
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Ladd, H. F. “Catalyst for Learning: Recognition and Reward Programs in the Public Schools.” The Brookings Review, July 1996, 14–17.
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Ladd, JT Hamilton with Helen F. “Biased Ballots? The Impact of Ballot Structure on North Carolina Elections in 1992.” Public Choice 87 (June 1996): 259–80.
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Ladd, Helen F. “The price of federalism by Paul E. Peterson. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995, 231 pp., $36.95 cloth, $15.95 paper.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 15, no. 3 (June 1996): 469–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.4050150315.Full Text
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Ladd, Helen F. “School District Responses to Fiscal Constraints,” May 1996.
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Ladd, Helen F. “The price of federalism by Paul E. Peterson. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995, 231 pp., $36.95 cloth, $15.95 paper.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 15, no. 3 (1996): 469–72.
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Ladd, H. F. “The Tax Expenditure Concept After 25 Years.” Nta Forum, December 1995, 1–5.
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Harris, HF Ladd with Edward. “Statewide Taxation of Nonresidential Property for Education.” Journal of Education Finance, July 1995, 103–22.
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Gentry, HF Ladd with William. “State Tax Structure and Multiple Policy Objectives.” National Tax Journal, December 1994.
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Ladd, H. F. “Spatially Targeted Economic Development Strategies: Do They Work?” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 1, no. 1 (August 1994): 193–218.
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LADD, H. F., and J. YINGER. “THE CASE FOR EQUALIZING AID.” National Tax Journal 47, no. 1 (March 1, 1994): 211–24.Link to Item
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Yinger, HF Ladd with John. “The Case for Equalizing Aid.” National Tax Journal XLVII, no. 1 (March 1994): 211–24.
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Ladd, H. F. “Fiscal impacts of local population growth: A conceptual and empirical analysis.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 24, no. 6 (January 1, 1994): 661–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-0462(94)90006-X.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “State Responses to the TRA86 Revenue Windfalls: A New Test of the Flypaper Effect.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 12, no. 1 (December 1993): 82–103.
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Ladd, Helen F., and Ester R. Fuchs. “Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 12, no. 3 (1993): 608–608. https://doi.org/10.2307/3325313.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Mimicking of Local Tax Burdens Among Neighboring Counties.” Public Finance Quarterly 20, no. 4 (October 1992): 450–67.
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Ladd, H. F. “Population growth, density and the costs of providing public services.” Urban Studies 29, no. 2 (January 1, 1992): 273–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420989220080321.Full Text
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LADD, H. F. “THE STATE AID DECISION - CHANGES IN STATE AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, 1982-87.” National Tax Journal 44, no. 4 (December 1, 1991): 477–96.Link to Item
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Ladd, H. F. “The State Aid Decision: Changes in State Aid to Local Governments, 1982-1987.” National Tax Journal 44, no. 4, Part 2 (December 1991): 477–96.
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Ladd, H. F. “Property tax revaluation and tax levy growth revisited.” Journal of Urban Economics 30, no. 1 (January 1, 1991): 83–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/0094-1190(91)90046-A.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and W. Wheaton. “Causes and consequences of the changing urban form. Introduction.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 21, no. 2 (January 1, 1991): 157–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-0462(91)90031-H.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Introduction of Symposium on Managing Local Development.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 9, no. 4 (October 1990): 484–86.
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Ladd, H. F. “State Assistance to Local Governments: Changes During the 1980s.” American Economic Review 80, no. 2 (May 1990): 171–75.
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Yinger, HF Ladd with John. “The Determinants of State Assistance to Central Citiis.” National Tax Journal XLII, no. 4 (1990): 413–28.
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YINGER, J., and H. F. LADD. “THE DETERMINANTS OF STATE ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL CITIES.” National Tax Journal 42, no. 4 (December 1, 1989): 413–28.Link to Item
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Bradbury, HF Ladd with Katherine. “City Taxes and City Property Tax Bases.” National Tax Journal, December 1988.
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Bradbury, HF Ladd with Katherine L. “City Property Taxes: The Effects of Economic Change and Competitive Pressures.” New England Economic Review, 1987.
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Wilson, HF Ladd with Julie Boatright. “Education and Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.” Journal of Education Finance, December 1985.
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Bradbury, HF Ladd with Katherine L. “Changes in the Revenue-Raising Capacity of U.S. Cities: 1970-1982.” New England Economic Review, 1985.
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Bradbury, HF Ladd with Katherine L., Mark Perrault, Andrew Reschovsky, and John Yinger. “State Aid to Offset Fiscal Disparities Across Communities.” National Tax Journal, June 1984.
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Wilson, HF Ladd with Julie Boatright. “Who Supports Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, December 1983.
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Howitt, HF Ladd with Arnold, Herman Leonard, and Ann Weeks. “Physical Infrastructure in Boston.” Urban Resources 1, no. 2 (October 1983): 5–11.
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Doolittle, HF Ladd with Fred C. “Which Level of Government Should Assist Poor People?” National Tax Journal, September 1982.
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Wilson, HF Ladd with Julie Boatright. “Why Voters Support Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.” National Tax Journal, June 1982.
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Ladd, H. F. “Equal Credit Opportunity: Women and Mortgage Credit.” American Economic Review, May 1982.
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Bloom, H. S., and H. F. Ladd. “Property tax revaluation and tax levy growth.” Journal of Urban Economics 11, no. 1 (January 1, 1982): 73–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/0094-1190(82)90039-0.Full Text
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Bradbury, HF Ladd with Katherine L., and Claire Christopherson. “Proposition 2 1/2: Initial Impacts, Part I.” New England Economic Review, 1982.
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Ladd, H. F. “Municipal expenditure and the rate of population change (revised version) ( USA).” Harvard University, Department of City and Regional Planning, Urban Planning Policy Analysis &Amp; Administration, Discussion Paper, no. D79-6 (December 1, 1979).
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Ladd, H. F. “Tax Limitations and Educational Finance: Comments.” National Tax Journal, Supplement, June 1979.
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Ladd, H. F. “Municipal expenditure and the rate of population change (revised version) ( USA).” Harvard University, Department of City and Regional Planning, Urban Planning Policy Analysis &Amp; Administration, Discussion Paper, no. D79-6 (January 1, 1979).
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Ladd, H. F. “State Limitations on Local Taxing and Spending Powers: A Response.” National Tax Journal, December 1978.
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Ladd, H. F. “An Economic Evaluation of State Limitations on Local Taxing and Spending Powers.” National Tax Journal, March 1978.
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Ladd, H. F. “Statewide Taxation of Commercial and Industrial Property for Education.” National Tax Journal, June 1976.
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Ladd, H. F. “Local Education Expenditures, Fiscal Capacity, and the Composition of the Property Tax Base.” National Tax Journal, June 1975.
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “Are Teacher Absences Worth Worrying About in the U.S.?,” n.d.Link to Item
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8,” n.d.Link to Item
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Ladd, H. F., and L. C. Sorensen. “Returns to teacher experience: Student achievement and motivation in middle school (Accepted).” Education Finance and Policy, n.d.
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Ladd, H. F., and L. C. Sorensen. “Do master’s degrees matter? Advanced degrees, career paths, and the effectiveness of teachers,” n.d.Link to Item
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Ladd, Helen F., Charles T. Clotfelter, and John B. Holbein. “The Growing Segmentation of the Charter School Sector in North Carolina.” Education Finance and Policy 12, no. 4 (n.d.): 536–63.
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Book Sections
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Figlio, D. N., and H. F. Ladd. “The economics of school accountability.” In The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, 567–75, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815391-8.00042-2.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., and E. B. Fiske. “International perspectives on school choice.” In Handbook of Research on School Choice, 87–100, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351210447-7.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Self-governing schools, parental choice, and the public interest.” In School Choice at the Crossroads: Research Perspectives, 235–48, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351213318.Full Text
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Bifulco, R., and H. F. Ladd. “Charter schools in North Carolina.” In Charter School Outcomes, 195–219, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315095806-11.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F. “Confessions of a wellesley FEM.” In Eminent Economists II: Their Life and Work Philosophies, 249–69, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139629096.021.Full Text
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Figlio, D. N., and H. F. Ladd. “The Economics of School Accountability.” In International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition, 374–79, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01262-8.Full Text
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Scholarly Editions
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Clotfelter, C. T., S. W. Hemelt, and H. F. Ladd. “MULTIFACETED AID FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND COLLEGE OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM NORTH CAROLINA,” January 1, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12486.Full Text
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Ladd, H. F., C. T. Clotfelter, and J. B. Holbein. “The growing segmentation of the charter school sector in North Carolina,” October 1, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00226.Full Text
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Clotfelter, Charles T., Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor. “Algebra for 8th Graders: Evidence on its Effects from 10 North Carolina Districts,” December 2012.
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Clotfelter, C., H. Ladd, and J. Vigdor. “How and Why Do Teacher Credentials Matter for Student Achievement?,” 2007.Link to Item
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Digital Publications
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Clotfelter, C., C. Ladd, Helen, and C. Vigdor, Jacob. “Surprising Success Among Hispanic students.” Duke Today, June 12, 2006.Open Access Copy
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Reports
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “The aftermath of accelerating algebra: Evidence from district policy initiatives,” January 1, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.159.Full Text
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Vigdor, J. L., H. F. Ladd, and E. Martinez. “Scaling the digital divide: Home computer technology and student achievement,” 2014.
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “Teacher credentials and student achievement: Longitudinal analysis with student fixed effects,” December 1, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.10.002.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “Classroom-level segregation and resegregation in North Carolina,” 70–86, 2009.
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Ladd, H. F. “The public sector - Commentary.” In National Urban Policy, edited by H. L. Wolman and E. J. Agius, 136–42. WAYNE STATE UNIV PRESS, 1996.Link to Item
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- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Presentations. May 1, 2014 2014
- Invited presentation on school accountability in session on Poverty and Performance, International Perspectives, AERA meetings. April 1, 2014 2014
- Presentation of Chapter 4 on Educational Goods. March 1, 2014 2014
- Achievement as an Educational Good. November 1, 2013 2013
- NC education policy to the Fearrington Village Democratic Club. October 22, 2013 2013
- UNC Center for the Study of the American South Advance Women. October 15, 2013 2013
- Leveraging Matched Administrative Datasets to Improve Educational Practice and Lon-Run Life Outcomes: Toward Building a National Interdisciplinary Network. October 10, 2013 2013
- Achievement as an Educational Good, Sanford faculty and graduate seminar. October 1, 2013 2013
- Topic: Education and Poverty: Confronting the Issues. September 10, 2013 2013
- From Birth to School: Early Childhood Initiatives in North Carolina. August 24, 2013 2013
- NC Scholars Speak Out on education policy. March 1, 2013 2013
- Presentation of community college paper and discussant of papers on KIPP session, AEFP annual meetings. March 1, 2013 2013
- Presentation of community college developmental education paper at the annual CALDER conference. February 22, 2013 2013
- Bridging the Gap: Funding General Government and Public Education in Connecticut (Invitational Policy Seminar, Part 2). October 4, 2012 2012
- Keynote address for Conference on “Improving Education through Accountability and Evaluation: Lessons from Around the World,” sponsored by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, INVALSI, and the U. September 10, 2012 2012
- Keynote address to the Korean Association for Policy Studies, Seoul, Korea, June 2011. (Translated into Korean for the Association publication.). September 10, 2012 2012
- Presidential Address to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington D.C.. September 10, 2012 2012
- Member of expert faculty, Aspen Institute Seminar for Congressional education staffers. July 1, 2011 2011
- Discussant for papers on effects of the Great Recession on School District Finances, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. March 9, 2011 2011
- Discussant, Benefit Cost Conference, sponored by the Benefit Cost Association. March 9, 2011 2011
- Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence Presidential address, APPAM annual meeting. March 9, 2011 2011
- Keynote address "Administratvie Data, Research, and Policy Making: Insights from the U.S." Keynote address to the Korean Association for Policy Studies. March 9, 2011 2011
- Moderator of panel sessions, Brookings Genome Project, Brookings Institution. March 9, 2011 2011
- North Carolina Policy Watch. Presentation on Charter Schools. March 9, 2011 2011
- Participated in National Association of Education annual meetings. March 9, 2011 2011
- Presentation of early childhood paper (co-authored with Clara Muschkin and Kenneth Dodge), APPAM fall meetings. March 9, 2011 2011
- Presentation of jointly authored paper on teacher mobility and teacher pay at the annual CALDER conference. March 9, 2011 2011
- Presentation of paper (co-authored with Clara Muschkin and Kenneth Dodge) on early childhood programs, Top Institute for Education Research. March 9, 2011 2011
- Presentation on Charter Schools to Duke School Research Partnership with the Durham Public Schools. March 9, 2011 2011
- Presentation on problems with using student test scores to measure teacher effectiveness to NC Race to the Top Teacher Effectiveness Work Group. March 9, 2011 2011
- Seminar presentation on Weighted Student Funding in the Netherlands, Georgetown Public Policy program. March 9, 2011 2011
- The State of Things, Discussion of Charter Schools with Frank Stacio. March 9, 2011 2011
- Two presentations to the Civil Rights Research Roundtable on Education and Equitable Access to Effective Teaching, sponsored by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Social Policy and Law. March 9, 2011 2011
- Presentation at Forum, Costs and Consequences: What's at Stake for Wake sponsored by the Coalition for Great Schools in Wake, Raleigh. October 16, 2010 2010
- Invited speaker for Education Conference in Bahrain sponsored by the Crown Prince, with 500 delegates fromthe mud East and around the world. October 1, 2010 2010
- Seminar presentation on school funding in the Netherlands at U.C. Davis sponsored by the economics and education departments. September 1, 2010 2010
- AEFA - Presentation on Using Survey Data to Measure the Quality of School Principals. July 27, 2010 2010
- Maastricht - Presentation of paper on Migrant Education in the Netherlands; also chaired a plenary session on Perspectives from the South. July 27, 2010 2010
- SREE - Presentation of paper on Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field. July 27, 2010 2010
- Sanford Inaugural Event - Presentation on school segregation and the distribution of teachers in North Carolina as part of seminar presentation for a Sanford School inaugural event honoring Terry Sanford. July 27, 2010 2010
- University of Amsterdam, TIER Working Group - Seminar presentation of paper on Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Poilcies to Level the Playing Field. July 27, 2010 2010
- Wake School Board - Media Session - Presentation on school segregation and the distribution of teachers in North Carolina to the media at an event sponsored by the Coalition for Great Wake County Schools. July 27, 2010 2010
- Wake School Board - Presentation to the Wake County School Board on school segregation and the distribution of teachers in North Carolina. July 27, 2010 2010
- Discussant on paper by Ludwig and Jacob. February 5, 2009 2009
- Discussant, National Academy of Sciences Workshop on value added modeling. February 5, 2008 2008
- League of Women Voters in Orange County on Accountability. February 5, 2008 2008
- Moderator of session, Campaign for Educational Equity. February 5, 2008 2008
- Moderator, CALDER value added conference. February 5, 2008 2008
- Panelist at Education 08 Conference. February 5, 2008 2008
- Presentation of teacher working conditions. February 5, 2008 2008
- Presentation on High School credentials. February 5, 2008 2008
- Presentation on Teacher Working Conditions. February 5, 2008 2008
- Presentation on teacher credentials. February 5, 2008 2008
- Presentation on teacher mobility, Shanker Institute. February 5, 2008 2008
- Presentation on teacher working conditions. February 5, 2008 2008
- Seminar presentation black white test score gap at Davidson. February 5, 2008 2008
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