Duke Economics

Publications of Helen F. Ladd

• Books

  • • H.F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske eds..
    • (2008).
    • Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy.
    • Routledge.
    • (Official handbook of the American Education Finance Association.)
  • • Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd.
    • (2004).
    • Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post Apartheid South Africa..
    • Brookings Institution Press.
    • ((Also available as an HSRC press publication, Capetown, South Africa, 2005).)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (February 2002).
    • Market-Based Reforms in Education.
    • Economic Policy Institute: Washington, D.C..
  • • Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd.
    • (2000).
    • When Schools Compete: A Cautionary Tale.
    • Brookings Institution Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd and Janet Hansen.
    • (November, 1999).
    • Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools.
  • • H.F. Ladd, with Janet Hansen and Rosemary A. Chalk, eds.
    • (January, 1999).
    • Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance: Issues and Perspectives.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1999).
    • The Challenge of Fiscal Disparities for State and Governments: The Selected Essays of Helen F. Ladd.
    • Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1998).
    • Local Government Tax and Land Use Policy: Understanding the Links (primary author and editor).
    • Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
    • (Selected by Choice as an outstanding academic book in 1998)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1996).
    • Holding Schools Accountable: Performance-Based Reform in Education (editor, author of introduction and coauthor of two chapters).
    • Brookings Institution.
  • • H.F. Ladd and John Yinger.
    • (1989).
    • America's Ailing Cities: Fiscal Health and the Design of Urban Policy.
    • Johns Hopkins University Press.
    • (Updated edition in paperback, with new epilogue, 1991)
  • • H.F. Ladd and John Yinger, Howard Bloom and Axel Borsch-Supan.
    • (1988).
    • Property Taxes and House Values: The Theory and Estimation of Intrajurisdictional Property Tax Capitalization.
    • Academic Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd and Robert Schafer.
    • (1981).
    • Discrimination in Mortgage Lending.
    • MIT Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1981).
    • Tax and Expenditure Limitations (author of introduction and co-editor with Nicolaus Tideman.
    • Urban Institute.

• NBER Working Papers

  • • H.F. Ladd, with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (June, 2007).
    • "Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School: A Cross Subject Analysis with Student Fixed Effects.".
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    • Working Paper 142787
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    Publication Description

    Also published in The Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2007. Forthcoming in the Journal of Human Resources.

  • • H.F. Ladd, with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (2007).
    • How and why do teacher credentials matter for student achievement?.
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    • Working Paper 142786
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    Publication Description

    Also published in The Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2007.

  • • H.F. Ladd, with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (Fall 2006).
    • Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness.
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    • Working Paper 11936
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    • [web]

    Publication Description

    Also published in The Journal of Human Resources.

  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (Summer 2006).
    • Federal Oversight, Local Control, and the Specter of 'Resegregation' in Southern Schools.
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    • Working Paper 11086
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    • [web]

    Publication Description

    Also published in teh American Law and Economics Review.

  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter, Elizabeth Glennie and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (June 2006).
    • Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High-Poverty Schools? Evidence from a Policy Intervention in North Carolina.
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    • Working Paper 12285
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    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (May, 2006).
    • The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8.
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    • Working Paper 12207
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    • [web]

• Book Reviews

  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2010).
    • Review of Norton Grubb, The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes and Equity.
    • The Journal of Economic Literature
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    • (March)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2005).
    • Review of two books on public sector management in New Zealand.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 24
    • (1)
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    • 193-196.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Summer, 1996).
    • Review of Review of The Price of Federalism by Paul Peterson.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 15
    • (3)
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    • 469-472.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1993).
    • Review of Ester Fuchs, Mayors and Money.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (September, 1986).
    • Review of John M. Quigley and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, eds., American Domestic Priorities: An Economic Appraisal in Journal of Economic Literature.
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1986).
    • Review of George Break, ed., State and local Finance: The Pressures of the 1980's.
    • Journal of Economic Literature
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (January, 1984).
    • Review of John F. Due and John L. Mikesell, Sales Taxation: State and Local Structure and Administration.
    • Municipal Finance Officers Association, Resources in Review
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• Journal Articles

  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2012).
    • Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence, Presidential address to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 31
    • (2)
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    • 203-227.
    • [PDF]
  • • H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (September/October, 2012).
    • New Destinations, New Trajectories? The Educational Progress of Hispanic Youth in North Carolina, Special Section on Children from Immigrant Families.
    • Child Development
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    • 83
    • (5)
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    • 1608-1622.
    • (R. Crosnoe and J. Lockhman, eds.)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2011).
    • Teacher's Perceptions of Their Working Conditions: How Predictive of Planned and Actual Teacher Movement?.
    • Education, Finance and Policy
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    • Summer Issue
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    • 33
    • (2)
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    • 235-261.
  • • H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter and Jacob L. Vigdor.
    • (2011).
    • Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field.
    • Education, Finance and Policy
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    • Summer issue
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    • 6
    • (3)
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  • • H.F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske.
    • (2011).
    • Weighted Student Funding in the Netherlands: A Model for the U.S.?.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • Summer issue
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    • 30
    • (3)
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    • 470-498.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2011).
    • Brookings volume.
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    • (comments on Dee and Jacob on NCLB)
  • • H.F. Ladd, Douglas L. Lauen.
    • (2010).
    • Status vs. Growth: The Distributional Effects of School Accountability Policies.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • (29 (3), 426-450,Also available as a CALDER working paper (caldercenter.org))
  • • H.F. Ladd, Edward B. Fiske.
    • (2010).
    • The Dutch Experience with Weighted Student Funding: Some Lessons for the U.S..
    • Phi Delta Kappan
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    • (September, pp.49-53)
  • • H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter, Jacob Vigdor.
    • (2010).
    • Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School: A Cross Subject Analysis with Fixed Effects.
    • Journal of Human Resources
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    • (45 (3), 655-681)
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2010).
    • Education Inspectorate Systems in New Zealand and the Netherlends: ( Policy Brief ).
    • Education Finance and Policy
    • .
    • (5(3)378-392)
  • • H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter, Jacob L. Vigdor.
    • (2009).
    • Are Teacher Absences Worth Worrying About in the U.S.?.
    • Journal of Education Finance
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    • 4
    • (29)
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter, Jacob L. Vigdor.
    • (2009).
    • The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8.
    • Review of Economics and Statistics
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    • 91
    • (2)
    • ,
    • 398-419.
    • (Also available as NBER working paper #12207)
  • • H.F. Ladd, Robert Bifulco, Stephen Ross.
    • (2009).
    • The Effects of Public School Choice on Those Left Behind: Evidence from Durham, North Carolina.
    • Peabody Journal of Education
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  • • H.F. Ladd, Robert Bifulco, Stephen Ross.
    • (2009).
    • Public School Choice and Integration: Evidence from Durham, North Carolina.
    • Social Science Research
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    • 38
    • (1)
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    • 71-85.
  • • H.F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter, Jacob L. Vigdor.
    • (2008).
    • School Segregation under Color-blind Jurisprudence: The Case of North Carolina.
    • Journal of Social Policy and the Law
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    • 16
    • (1)
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter, Jacob Vigdor, and Elizabeth Glennie.
    • (June, 2008).
    • Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High Poverty Schools? Evidence from a Policy Intervention in North Carolina..
    • Journal of Public Economics
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    • 92
    • (5-6)
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    • 1352-1370.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter, Elizabeth Glennie and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (April, 2008).
    • Teacher Bonuses and Teacher Retention in Low Performing Schools: Evidence from the North Carolina $1,800 Teacher Bonus Program.
    • Public Finance Review
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    • 36
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    • 63-87.
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2008).
    • Reflections on Equity, Adequacy, and Weighted Student Funding.
    • Journal of Education Finance and Policy
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    • 3
    • (4)
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    • 402-423.
  • • H.F. Ladd, Joseph Cordes, Dylan Conger, Michael Luger.
    • (2008).
    • Undergraduate and Doctoral Education in Public Policy: What? Why? Why Not? Whereto?.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 27
    • (4)
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    • 1009-1027.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Bifulco.
    • (Winter 2007).
    • School choice, racial segregation, and test-score gaps: Evidence from North Carolina's charter school program.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 26
    • (1)
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    • 31-56.
  • • H.F. Ladd, with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (December, 2007).
    • Teacher credentials and student achievement: Longitudinal analysis with student fixed effects.
    • Economics of Education Review
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter, Jacob Vigdor and Justin Wheeler.
    • (June, 2007).
    • High Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and Principals.
    • North Carolina Law Review
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    • 85
    • (5)
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    • 1345-1378.
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd and David Figlio.
    • (2007).
    • The Economics of School Accountability.
    • International Encyclopedia of Education
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2007).
    • Teacher Labor Markets in Developed Countries.
    • The Future of Children
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (Fall 2006).
    • Teacher-Student Matching and the Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness.
    • Journal of Human Resources
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    • 41
    • (4)
    • ,
    • 778-820.
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (Summer 2006).
    • Federal Oversight, Local Control, and the Specter of 'Resegregation' in Southern Schools.
    • American Law and Economics Review
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    • 8
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    • 1-43.
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (June 2006).
    • Racial Equity in Education: How Far Has South Africa Come?.
    • Perspectives in Education
    • Jonathan Jansen (Eds.),
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    • Special Issue on Education Finance
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    • 24
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    • 95-108.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Bifulco.
    • (October 2006).
    • Institutional Change and Co-production of Public Services: The Effect of Charter School on Parental Involvement.
    • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
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    • 16
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    • 553-576.
    • [pdf]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Bifulco.
    • (Fall 2005).
    • Results [about charter schools] from the Tar Heel State.
    • Education Next
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    • 60-66.
    • [pdf]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (2005).
    • Who Teaches Whom? Race and the Distribution of Novice Teachers.
    • Economics of Education Review
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    • 24
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    • 377-392.
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter, Jacob Vigdor and R.A. Diaz.
    • (2004).
    • 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
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    • 23
    • (2)
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    • 251-271.
    • (Winner of Raymond Vernon Prize for the best article in volume 23)
  • • H.F. Ladd with C.T. Clotfelter and J. Vigdor.
    • (May 2003).
    • Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina's Public School Classrooms.
    • North Carolina Law Review
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    • 81
    • (4)
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd and E.B. Fiske.
    • (Spring 2003).
    • Does Competition Improve Teaching and Learning: Evidence from New Zealand.
    • Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Fall 2002).
    • School Vouchers: A Critical View.
    • Journal of Economic Perspectives
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    • 16
    • (4)
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    • 3-24.
    • (Invited paper)
    • [pdf]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Arnaldo Zelli.
    • (October 2002).
    • School Based Accountability in North Carolina: The Responses of School Principals.
    • Education Administration Quarterly
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Randall Walsh.
    • (February 2002).
    • Implementing Value-Added Measures of School Effectiveness: Getting the Incentives Right.
    • Economics of Education Review
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    • 21
    • (1)
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    • 1-17.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Michael Johnson and Jens Ludwig.
    • (2002).
    • The Benefits and Costs of Residenital Mobility Programs for the Poor.
    • Housing Studies
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    • 17
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    • 125-138.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (Winter 2001).
    • The Uneven Playing Field of School Choice: Evidence from New Zealand.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 20
    • (1)
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    • 43-64.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2001).
    • School Based Educational Accountability Systems: The Promise and the Pitfalls.
    • National Tax Journal
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    • LIV
    • (2)
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    • 385-400.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Sheila Murray.
    • (2001).
    • Intergenerational Conflict Reconsidered: County Demographic Structure and the Demand for Public Education.
    • Economics of Education Review
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    • 20
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    • 343-357.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Jens Ludwig and Greg Duncan.
    • (2001).
    • The Effects of Urban Poverty on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.
    • Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs
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    • 2
    • .
    • (Recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as an exemplary paper, 2000)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1999).
    • The Dallas School Accountability and Incentive Program: An Evaluation of Its Impacts on Student Outcomes.
    • Economics of Education Review
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Jens Ludwig.
    • (1999).
    • Residential Relocation Policies in the United States: The Moving to Opportunity Demonstration.
    • Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
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    • 14
    • (1)
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (May, 1998).
    • Evidence on Discrimination in Mortgage Lending.
    • Journal of Economic Perspectives
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Jens Ludwig.
    • (May, 1997).
    • Federal Housing Assistance, Residential Relocation, and Education Opportunities: Evidence from Baltimore.
    • American Economic Review
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  • • H.F. Ladd with James Hamilton.
    • (Summer, 1996).
    • Biased Ballots? The Impact of Ballot Structure on North Carolina Elections in 1992.
    • Public Choice
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Summer, 1996).
    • Catalyst for Learning: Recognition and Reward Programs in the Public Schools.
    • The Brookings Review
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    • 14-17.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Winter, 1995).
    • The Tax Expenditure Concept After 25 Years.
    • NTA Forum
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    • 1-5.
    • (Short Version. Presidential address to the National Tax Association, delivered in Charleston, South Carolina, November 1994)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Harris.
    • (Summer, 1995).
    • Statewide Taxation of Nonresidential Property for Education.
    • Journal of Education Finance
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    • 103-122.
  • • H.F. Ladd with William Gentry.
    • (December, 1994).
    • State Tax Structure and Multiple Policy Objectives.
    • National Tax Journal
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (August, 1994).
    • Spatially Targeted Economic Development Strategies: Do They Work?.
    • Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research
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    • 1
    • (1)
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    • 193-218.
  • • H.F. Ladd with John Yinger.
    • (March, 1994).
    • The Case for Equalizing Aid.
    • National Tax Journal
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    • XLVII
    • (1)
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    • 211-224.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1994).
    • Fiscal Impacts of Local Population Growth: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis.
    • Regional Science and Urban Economics
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Winter, 1993).
    • State Responses to the TRA86 Revenue Windfalls: A New Test of the Flypaper Effect.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 12
    • (1)
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    • 82-103.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (October, 1992).
    • Mimicking of Local Tax Burdens Among Neighboring Counties.
    • Public Finance Quarterly
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    • 20
    • (4)
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    • 450-467.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1992).
    • Population Growth, Density, and the Costs of Providing Public Services.
    • Urban Studies
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    • 29
    • (2)
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    • 273-295.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Andrew Reschovsky and John Yinger.
    • (1992).
    • City Fiscal Condition and State Equalizing Aid: the Case of Minnesota.
    • Proceedings of the Eighty-Fourth Annual Conference of the National Tax Association - Tax Institute of American (Columbus, Ohio)
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    • 42-49.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (December, 1991).
    • The State Aid Decision: Changes in State Aid to Local Governments, 1982-1987.
    • National Tax Journal
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    • 44
    • (4, Part 2)
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    • 477-496.
  • • H.F. Ladd with William Wheaton.
    • (July, 1991).
    • Causes and Consequences of the Changing Urban Form: Introduction.
    • Journal of Regional Science & Urban Economics
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    • 21
    • (2)
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    • 157-162.
    • (Special issue edited by Helen F. Ladd and William Wheaton)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1991).
    • Property Tax Revaluation and Tax Levy Growth Revisited.
    • Journal of Urban Economics
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    • 30
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    • 83-99.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Fall, 1990).
    • Introduction of Symposium on Managing Local Development.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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    • 9
    • (4)
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    • 484-486.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (May, 1990).
    • State Assistance to Local Governments: Changes During the 1980s.
    • American Economic Review
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    • 80
    • (2)
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    • 171-175.
  • • H.F. Ladd with John Yinger.
    • (1990).
    • The Determinants of State Assistance to Central Citiis.
    • National Tax Journal
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    • XLII
    • (4)
    • ,
    • 413-428.
  • • H.F. Ladd with John Yinger.
    • (October, 1989).
    • Recent Trends in City Fiscal Health.
    • National Tax Associaiton - Tax Institute of America, Proceedings of the Eighty Second Annual Conference on Taxation, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine Bradbury.
    • (December, 1988).
    • City Taxes and City Property Tax Bases.
    • National Tax Journal
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury.
    • (July/August 1987).
    • City Property Taxes: The Effects of Economic Change and Competitive Pressures.
    • New England Economic Review
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (Winter, 1985).
    • Education and Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.
    • Journal of Education Finance
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury.
    • (March/April 1985).
    • Changes in the Revenue-Raising Capacity of U.S. Cities: 1970-1982.
    • New England Economic Review
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    • (A shorter version of this paper, entiteld "Changes in the Fiscal Capacity of U.S. Cities: 1970-1982," is available in the proceedings of the 1984 Annual Conference of the National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury, Mark Perrault, Andrew Reschovsky, and John Yinger.
    • (June, 1984).
    • State Aid to Offset Fiscal Disparities Across Communities.
    • National Tax Journal
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (Winter, 1983).
    • Who Supports Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.
    • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Arnold Howitt, Herman Leonard, and Ann Weeks.
    • (Fall, 1983).
    • Physical Infrastructure in Boston.
    • Urban Resources
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    • 1
    • (2)
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    • 5-11.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Howard Bloom.
    • (Winter, 1982).
    • Property Tax Revaluation and Tax Levy Growth.
    • Journal of URban Economics
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Fred C. Doolittle.
    • (September, 1982).
    • Which Level of Government Should Assist Poor People?.
    • National Tax Journal
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (June, 1982).
    • Why Voters Support Tax Limitations: Evidence from Massachusetts' Proposition 2 1/2.
    • National Tax Journal
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (May, 1982).
    • Equal Credit Opportunity: Women and Mortgage Credit.
    • American Economic Review
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury and Claire Christopherson.
    • (January/February 1982).
    • Proposition 2 1/2: Initial Impacts, Part I.
    • New England Economic Review
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  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury and Claire Christopherson.
    • (March/April 1982).
    • Proposition 2 1/2: Initial Impacts, Part II.
    • New England Economic Review
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    • (Part I and II also in Proposition 2 1/2: Its Impact on Massachusetts (Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain, 1983)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (June, 1979).
    • Tax Limitations and Educational Finance: Comments.
    • National Tax Journal, Supplement
    • .
    • (Proceedings of a Conference on Tax and Expenditure Limitations, University of California, Santa Barbara, December 1978)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (December, 1978).
    • State Limitations on Local Taxing and Spending Powers: A Response.
    • National Tax Journal
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  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (March, 1978).
    • An Economic Evaluation of State Limitations on Local Taxing and Spending Powers.
    • National Tax Journal
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (June, 1976).
    • Statewide Taxation of Commercial and Industrial Property for Education.
    • National Tax Journal
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (June, 1975).
    • Local Education Expenditures, Fiscal Capacity, and the Composition of the Property Tax Base.
    • National Tax Journal
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• Chapters in Books

  • • H.F. Ladd and Susanna Loeb.
    • (2012).
    • The Challenges of Measuring School quality: Implications for Educational Equity.
    • In D. Allen and R. Reich, eds., Education, Democracy and Justice
    • University of Chicago Press.
    • (Forthcoming)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2012).
    • Confessions of Wellesley FEM.
    • .
    • (Invited autobiographical essay, forthcoming in Eminent Economists II (Cambridge University Press)
    • [Confessions of Wellesley FEM]
  • • H.F. Ladd, Edward B. Fiske and Nienke Ruijs.
    • (2011).
    • Does Parental Choice Foster Segregated Schools: Insights from the Netherlands.
    • In M Berends, M. Cannata, and E.B. Goldring, eds. School Choice and School Improvement.
    • ,
    • 233-254.
    • Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press..
  • • H.F. Ladd, Edward B. Fiske, Nienke Ruijs.
    • (October, 2009.).
    • Insights from the Netherlands: Growing Concerns about Segregation.
    • .
    • (Paper presented at the National Conference on School Choice, Vanderbilt University - Forthcoming in conference volume)
  • • H.F. Ladd with E.B. Fiske.
    • (2008).
    • Education Equity in an International Context.
    • In H.F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske (Eds.),
    • Handbook of Research on Education Finance and Policy
    • ,
    • (pp. 276-292).
    • Routledge.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Forthcoming).
    • Teacher Effects: What Do We Know?.
    • Web based publication
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2008).
    • School Policies and the Black-White Test Score Gap.
    • Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel, eds. Steady Gains and Stalled Progress: Inequality and the Black-White Test Score Gap.
    • ,
    • (pp. 289-319).
  • • H.F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske eds..
    • (2008).
    • "Introduction".
    • Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy
    • H. F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske eds. (Eds.),
    • ,
    • xvii - xxii.
    • Routledge.
  • • H.F. Ladd with David Figlio.
    • (2008).
    • School Accountability and Student Achievement.
    • In H. F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske eds. (Eds.),
    • Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy
    • ,
    • (pp. 166-182).
    • Routledge.
  • • Robert Bifulco and Helen F. Ladd, M. Berends, M Springer and H. Walberg, eds.
    • (2007).
    • "Charter Schools in North Carolina" In Charter School Outcomes.
    • New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
    • ,
    • 195-220.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz.
    • (2006).
    • Education and Economic Development.
    • In Susan Collins, Barry Bosworth and Miguel Soto-Class (Eds.),
    • The Economy of Puerto Rico: Restoring Growth
    • ,
    • (pp. 189-238).
    • Brookings Institution Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd, with C.T. Clotfelter, and J. Vigdor.
    • (2005).
    • Classroom-Level Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina.
    • In John Charles Boger and Gary Orfield (Eds.),
    • School Resegregation: Must the South Turn Back?
    • Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (2004).
    • "Balancing Public and Private Resources for Basic Education: School Fees in Post-Apartheid South Africa".
    • In Linda Chisholm. (Eds.),
    • Changing Class: Education and Social Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa
    • Cape Town: HSRC Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (2003).
    • School Choice in New Zealand: A Cautionary Tale.
    • In David Plank and Gary Sykes (Eds.),
    • Choosing Choice: Global Trends and National Variations
    • Teacher's College Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd and Jens Ludwig.
    • (2003).
    • The Effects of MTO on Educational Opportunities in Baltimore" chapter 5.
    • In John Goering and Judith D. Feins (Eds.),
    • Choosing a Better Life: Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Social Experiment
    • ,
    • (pp. 117-152).
    • Urban Institute Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Jens Ludwig and Greg Duncan.
    • (2003).
    • The Effects of MTO on Children and Parents in Baltimore" chapter 6.
    • In John Goering and Judith D. Feins (Eds.),
    • Choosing a Better Life: Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Social Experiment
    • ,
    • (pp. 153-176).
    • Urban Institute Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2003).
    • Introduction.
    • In David Plank and Gary Sykes (Eds.),
    • Choosing Choice: Global Trends and National Variations
    • Teacher's College Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (2001).
    • The U.S. Charter School Movement: Lessons from New Zealand's Experience with Self-Governing Schools and Parental Choice.
    • In Paul Peterson and David Campbell (Eds.),
    • Charters, Vouchers & Public Education
    • ,
    • (pp. 59-79).
    • Brookings Institution Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter.
    • (1996).
    • Recognizing the Rewarding Success in Public Schools.
    • In Helen F. Ladd (Eds.),
    • Holding Schools Accountable: Performance-Based Reform in Education
    • The Brookings Institution.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Ronald Ferguson.
    • (1996).
    • Additional Evidence on How and Why Money Matters: A Production Function Analysis of Alabama Schools.
    • In Helen F. Ladd (Eds.),
    • Holding Schools Accountable: Performance-Based Reform in Education
    • The Brookings Institution.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1994).
    • Big City Finances.
    • Big City Politics, Governance, and Fiscal Constraints
    • ,
    • (pp. 201-269).
    • Urban Institute Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1994).
    • Measuring Disparities in the Fiscal Condition of Local Governments.
    • In John Anderson (Eds.),
    • The Challenge of Fiscal Equalization
    • ,
    • (pp. 21-55).
    • Praeger Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1994).
    • Comments on Wallace E. Oates, "Federalism and Government Finance.
    • In J. Quigley and E. Smolensky (Eds.),
    • Modern Public Finance
    • Harvard University Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1993).
    • Fiscal Consequences for U.S. Central Cities of the Changing Urban Form.
    • In Anita Summers and Lanfranco Senn (Eds.),
    • Urban Change in the U.S. and Western Europe: Comparative Analysis and Policy
    • ,
    • (pp. 321-370).
    • Urban Institute Press.
    • (Slightly updated for second edition, 1999)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1993).
    • Effects of Population Growth on Local Spending and Taxes.
    • In R.D. Norton (Eds.),
    • Structuring Direct Aid: People Versus Places
    • ,
    • (pp. 181-224).
    • JAI Press, Research in Urban Economics, vol. 9.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1993).
    • Comments on John M. Quigley and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, 'Public Choices in Public Higher Education'.
    • In Charles Clotfelter and Michael Rothchild (Eds.),
    • Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education
    • University of Chicago Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1991).
    • Sales Taxes in Arizona.
    • In Therese J. McGuire and Dana Wolfe Naimark (Eds.),
    • State and local Finance for the 1990s: A Case Study of Arizona
    • University of Arizona Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1990).
    • Big City Finances in the New Era of Fiscal Federalism.
    • In Thomas R. Swartz and John E. Peck (Eds.),
    • The Changing Face of Fiscal Federalism
    • ,
    • (pp. 127-151).
    • London, England: M.E. Sharpe, Inc..
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1990).
    • User Charges -- Not Just Another Revenue Source.
    • In Thomas D. Hopkins (Eds.),
    • The Role of User Charges
    • ,
    • (pp. 47-55).
    • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1989).
    • The Meaning of Balance for State-Local Tax Systems.
    • In Steven D. Gold (Eds.),
    • The Unfinished Agenda for State Tax Reform
    • National Conference of State Legislatures.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Ronald Ferguson.
    • (1988).
    • State Economic Renaissance, "Pioneering State Economic Strategy," and "Creating the Future.
    • In R. Scott Fosler (Eds.),
    • The New Economic Role of American States: Strategies and Institutions for a Competitive World Economy
    • Oxford University Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1988).
    • Comments on Charles R. Hulton and Robert M. Schwab, "Incoming Originating in The State and Local Sector.
    • In Harvey Rosen (Eds.),
    • Fiscal Federalism
    • University of Chicago Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Dana R. Weist.
    • (1987).
    • State and local Tax Systems: Balance Among Taxes vs. Balance Among Policy Goals.
    • In Frederick D. Stocker (Eds.),
    • The Quest for Balance in State-Local Revenue Systems
    • Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Ronald Ferguson.
    • (1986).
    • Measuring the Fiscal Capacity of U.S. Cities.
    • In Clyde Reeves (Eds.),
    • Measuring Fiscal Capacity
    • Oelgeschlager, Gunn, and Hain, Inc..
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1986).
    • Comments on Steven G. Craig and Robert P. Inman, "Education, Welfare, and the 'New Federalism': State Budgeting in a Federalist Public Economy.
    • In Harvey Rosen (Eds.),
    • Studies in State and Local Public Finance
    • University of Chicago Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (February, 1985).
    • The Massachusetts Experience.
    • In Peggy B. Musgrave (Eds.),
    • States Under Stress: A Report on the Finances of Massachusetts, Michigan, Texas, and California
    • Berkeley, CA: Institute of Governmental Studies.
    • (paper presented at the conference on the Present Condition and Future Prospects of State-Local Finances, University of California, Santa Cruz, April 1983)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (1985).
    • Proposition 2 1/2: Explaining the Vote.
    • In T. Clark (Eds.),
    • Research in Urban Policy
    • ,
    • 1
    • JAI Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1984).
    • Federal Aid to State and Local Governments.
    • In J. Palmer and G. Mills (Eds.),
    • Federal Budget Policy in the 1980's
    • Urban Institute Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Herman Leonard.
    • (1984).
    • Taxation and the Poor.
    • In Manuel Carballo and Mary Jo Bane (Eds.),
    • The State and the Poor in the 1980's
    • Auburn House.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Howard Bloom and John Yinger.
    • (1983).
    • Are Property Taxes Capitalized into House Values?.
    • In George R. Zodrow (Eds.),
    • Local Provision of Public Services: The Tiebout Model After Twenty-Five Years
    • Academic Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1982).
    • Financing Services in the Federal System.
    • Federalism: Making the System Work: Alternatives for the 1980's
    • Center for National Policy, Washington, D.C..
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1980).
    • Municipal Expenditures and the Rate of Population Change.
    • In R.W. Burchell and D. Listokin (Eds.),
    • Cities Under Stress: The Fiscal Crisis of Urban America
    • New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1980).
    • Tax Policy Considerations Underlying Preferential Tax Treatment of Open Space and Agricultural Land.
    • In N.A. Roberts and H.J. Brown (Eds.),
    • Property Tax Preferences for Agricultural Land
    • Montclair: NJ: Allanheld, Osman & Co, Inc..
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1979).
    • Discussion of Howard A. Chernick, "An Economic Model of the Distribution of Project Grants.
    • In P. Miezkowski and W. Oakland (Eds.),
    • Fiscal Federalism and Grants-in-Aid, COUPE Papers on Public Economics
    • Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (March, 1977).
    • Male-Female Differences in Pre-College Economic.
    • In Donald R. Wentworth, W. Lee Hansen, and Sharryl H. Hawke (Eds.),
    • Perspectives on Economic Education
    • Joint Council on Economic Education.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1976).
    • Municipal Expenditures and the Composition of the Property Tax Base.
    • In Arthur D. Lynn (Eds.),
    • Property Taxation, Land Use and Public Trends (TRED8)
    • Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
    • (Paper presented at Taxation, Resources, and Economic Development Conference, October 1973)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1973).
    • The Role of the Property Tax: A Reassessment.
    • In R.A. Musgrave (Eds.),
    • Board Based Taxes: New Options and Sources
    • John Hopkins University Press.
    • (A supplementary paper of the Committee for Economic Development. Reprinted in Oliver Oldman and Ferdinand P. Schoettle, State and Local Taxes and Finance: Text, Problems and Cases (Mineola, NY: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1974), pp. 348-386)

• Other

  • • H.F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske.
    • (December 12, 2011).
    • Class Matters. Why Won't We Admit It?.
    • ,
    • New York Times Opinion Pages
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (March 16, 2011).
    • Press release on early childhood programs in North Carolina.
    • ,
    • (with follow up op eds. in several NC papers)
    • .
    • (Press release on early childhood programs in North Carolina)
  • • H.F. Ladd, Edward B. Fiske, Nienke Ruijs.
    • (18-20 February 2010).
    • Migrant Education in the Netherlands: Segregation and the Role of Weighted Student Funding.
    • .
    • (Paper presented at the conference on "Migration, A World in Motion: A Multinational Conference on Migration and Migration Policy," in Masstricht, The Netherlands)
  • • H.F. Ladd, Sara Pilzer.
    • (March 18-20, 2010).
    • Using Survey Data to Measure the Quality of School Principals.
    • .
    • (Paper prepared for the American Education Association Meetings, Richmond Virginia. Revised version to be presented at APPAM in November, 2010)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles T. Clotfelter, and Jacob L. Vigdor.
    • (2008).
    • Teacher Quality and Public Policy.
    • .
    • (Final report to the Spencer Foundation for research grant.)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2008).
    • Commentary on paper by Thomas Nechyba.
    • .
    • (Lincoln Institute volume on Fiscal Decentralization (forthcoming).)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2007).
    • Policy as Resource Allocation: Commentary.
    • .
    • (The State of Education Policy Research (D.K. Cohen, S.H.Fuhrman, and Fritz Mosher eds.) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007, pp. 179-186.)
  • • H.F. Ladd with David Figlio.
    • (2006).
    • Effects of Accountability on Student Achievement.
    • .
    • (Paper prepared for the US Department of Education, Section 1503 evaluation of No Child Left Behind and for a volume to be published by the Urban Institute)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Bifulco.
    • (2006).
    • Charter Schools in North Carolina.
    • National Center on School Choice
    • ,
    • Conference
    • Vanderbuilt University.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (mid March 2005).
    • Learning from South Africa.
    • Commentary in Ed Week
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (2005).
    • Two op-eds published in South African newspapers related to our book on South Africa.
    • .
    • (One addresses school fees in South Africa and appeared in the Cape Times in mid May 2005. The other was on measuring achievement and appeared in the Mail and Guardian Supplement, August 19, 2005)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (October, 2004).
    • Teacher Quality and Minority Achievement Gaps.
    • .
    • (Paper based on final report to the Spencer Foundation.)
    • [web]
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Bifulco.
    • (Fall, 2004).
    • Two op-eds on charter schools.
    • .
    • (one focused on NC in the Raleigh News and Observer and the other with a national focus in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, fall 2004)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor.
    • (submitted June 2004).
    • Teacher Quality and Minority Achievement Gaps.
    • .
    • (Paper presented for the fall, 2004 APPAM meetings, based on the final report to the Spencer Foundation)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2003).
    • Policy memo on School Vouchers - Child and Family Policy Center.
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (October, 2001).
    • Report on Tax and Fiscal Aspects of Territorial Development in the Helsinki Region.
    • .
    • (Prepared for the OECD Territorial Review of the Greater Helsinki Region)
  • • H.F. Ladd wit Edward Fiske.
    • (April, 2001).
    • Does Competition Improve Teaching and Learning: Evidence from New Zealand.
    • .
    • (Paper presented at the AERA meeting. Sanford Institute working paper and revised version published in Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2001).
    • Market-Based Reforms in Education.
    • .
    • (commissioned by the Urban Seminar on Creating Change in Urban Education as part of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at Harvard University, directed by William Julius Wilson. (Revised version published as a book by the Economic Policy Institute)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (September 25, 2000).
    • Limits of Vouchers Exposed.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward B. Fiske.
    • (October 18, 2000).
    • Vouchers Have Been Tried - and Failed.
    • Los Angeles Times
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with James Hamilton.
    • (November 11, 2000).
    • Cause for Confusion and N.C.'s Own Ballot.
    • The News and Observer
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (May 17, 2000).
    • A Distant Laboratory: Learning Cautionary Lessons from New Zealand's Schools.
    • Education Week
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (May 22, 2000).
    • The Invisible Hand as Schoolmaster.
    • The America Prospect
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (August 6, 2000).
    • A Cautionary Tale from New Zealand.
    • The New York Times (Education Life Section)
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (January, 1998).
    • School-Based Accountability and Incentive Programs.
    • .
    • (Paper commissioned by the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Education Finance)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Fall, 1992).
    • Local Tax and Land Use Policy: A Survey.
    • .
    • (prepared for the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (August, 1992).
    • Land and Tax Policy.
    • .
    • (Paper preparred for the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Andrew Reschovsky, Daniel Salomone, and John Yinger.
    • (October, 1991).
    • Policy Analysis and the Design of State Aid Formuas: A Case Study of Minnesota.
    • .
    • (Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Policy Analysis and Management, Bethesda, Maryland)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Andrew Reschovsky and John Yinger.
    • (April, 1991).
    • Measuring the Fiscal Condition of Cities in Minnesota.
    • .
    • (Final report submitted to the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy)
  • • H.F. Ladd with J. Tomas Hexner, Glenn Jenkins, and K. Russell LaMotte.
    • (September, 1990).
    • Puerto Rican Statehood: A Precondition to Sound Economic Growth.
    • .
    • (Report sponsored by an independent citizen's group in Puerto Rico. (Hex Inc., Cambridge, MA). Second edition, February 1993)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Dana R. Weist.
    • (August, 1989).
    • Sales Taxes and User Charges in Arizona Local Governments'.
    • .
    • (Research Paper Presented for the Arizona Joint Select Committee on State Revenues and Expenditures. (Chapter 20 in Final Report, 1989)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (June, 1989).
    • Big City Finances.
    • .
    • (prepared for the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and financed by the Ford Foundation)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Dana R. Weist.
    • (April, 1989).
    • The Arizona General Sales Tax.
    • .
    • (Research Paper Presented for the Arizona Joint Select Committee on State Revenues and Expenditures. (Chapter 9 in Final Report, 1989)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Claire Christopherson.
    • (1989).
    • Demand for Local Public Services: Evidence from Survey Data.
    • .
    • (financed by the National Science Foundation)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Ronald F. Ferguson.
    • (1986).
    • Economic Performance and Economic Development Policy in Massachusetts.
    • .
    • (final report for the Committee for Economic Development. Available as John F. Kennedy School of Government, State, Local, and Intergovernmental Center, Discussion Paper D86-2)
  • • H.F. Ladd with John Yinger and others.
    • (1986).
    • The Changing Economic and Fiscal Condition of Cities.
    • .
    • (Final Report to Department of Housing and Urban Development (462 pages)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury and Andrew Reschovsky.
    • (October, 1983).
    • Policy Analysis and the Distribution of State Aid to Local Governments: A Case Study of Massachusetts.
    • .
    • (paper prepared for the 1983 APPAM Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Arnold Howitt and Herman Leonard.
    • (October, 1983).
    • Services from Public Capital: The Outlook for Boston's Physical Infrastructure.
    • .
    • (MIT-Harvard Joint Center Working Paper)
  • • H.F. Ladd (with others).
    • (September, 1983).
    • State Aid Distribution Formulas: The Need for More Equalization.
    • Impact 2 1/2 Newsletter
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd with others.
    • (September, 1983).
    • State Aid and the High Cost of Local Public Services in Some Communities: The Need for More Equalization.
    • .
    • (MIT-Harvard Joint Center Working Paper, W83- 10)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Schafer.
    • (February, 1983).
    • Discrimination in Mortgage Lending: A Microeconomic Model of Mortgage Terms.
    • .
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1983).
    • Financing Services in the Federal System.
    • .
    • (prepared for a Bunting Institute Colloquium (November 1982), Bunting Institute Working Paper)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (April, 1982).
    • Proposition 2 1/2: Variations in Individual Preferences and Expectations Across Communities.
    • .
    • (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Discussion Paper D82-1)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Katherine L. Bradbury and Claire Christopherson.
    • (1982).
    • Proposition 2 1/2: Initial Impacts.
    • .
    • (Policy Paper of the Institute of Research on Educational Finance and Governance, Stanford University, 1982. Also available as a working paper of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard, 1982)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (1982).
    • Tax Limitation Study.
    • .
    • (Final Report to National Institute of Education)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Julie Boatright Wilson.
    • (April, 1981).
    • Proposition 2 1/2: Explaining the Vote.
    • .
    • (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Research Report R81-1)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Howard Bloom and John Yinger.
    • (August, 1980).
    • Intrajurisdictional Property Tax Capitalization.
    • .
    • (Final Report to Department of Housing and Urban Development)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (July, 1980).
    • What Economics Can Contribute to the Tax Limitation Debate.
    • .
    • (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Discussion Paper D80-8)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Schafer.
    • (June, 1980).
    • Equal Credit Opportunity in Mortgage Lending: Summary of Results.
    • .
    • (Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard University, Workign Paper No. 65)
  • • H.F. Ladd with Robert Schafer.
    • (November, 1979).
    • Equal Credit Opportunity; Accessibility to Mortgage Funds by Women and Blacks.
    • .
    • (final technical report to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, vols. 1 and 2)

• Published Policy Briefs and Comments

  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2008).
    • Public and Private School Competition and U.S. Fiscal Federalism..
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2008).
    • Rethinking the Way We Hold Schools Accountable.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2008).
    • Opinion pice on education policy and the presidential election.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2004).
    • Policy Brief on Accountability in North Carolina.
    • Education Finance Research Consortium.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2004).
    • Comments on paper by Joseph Cordes.
    • Edward Elgar Press.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Fall, 2003).
    • Comments on paper of school vouchers by Caroline Hoxby.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2001).
    • Self-Governing Schools and Accountability in New Zealand.
    • (published in many different languages)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (2001).
    • Comments on Thomas Kane and Douglas Staiger, "Volatility in Test Scores: Implications for Test Based Accountability Systems.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (November 2000).
    • The Empty Aisles of Marketplace Reform.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (Fall 2000).
    • A Level Playing Field: What We Can Learn from the New Zealand School Reform?.
  • • H.F. Ladd with Edward Fiske.
    • (Summer 2000).
    • When Schools Compete: Lessons Learned From New Zealand's Experiments with Market-Based Reforms.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1998).
    • How School Districts Respond to Fiscal Constraint.
    • National Center for Education Statistics.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1997).
    • Comments on chapter by Tom Loveless.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1997).
    • Fiscal Disparities and Fiscal Equalization.
    • National Tax Association and the Urban Institute.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (Tuesday, July 30, 1996).
    • Testimony on HR 3467 "Saving Our Children: The American Community Renewal Act of 1996.
    • (Hearings sponsored by the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Economic and Education Opportunities)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1995).
    • Comments on paper by Garrett Mandeville on South Carolina's school incentive program.
    • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1995).
    • The Tax Expenditure Concept After 25 Years.
    • (Long version. Presidential address to the National Tax Association, delivered in Charleston, South Carolina, November 1994)
  • • H.F. Ladd with John Yinger.
    • (May, 1992).
    • Economic Change and Fiscal Health: Designing Federal Aid for our Most Troubled Central Cities.
    • (Prepared for the Senate Task Force on Community and Urban Revitalization)
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (May 17, 1990).
    • Puerto Rican Statehood: A Precondition to Sound Economic Growth.
    • (written testimony prepared for the Senate Finance committee hearing on S. 712)
  • • H.F. Ladd with John Yinger.
    • (September, 1986).
    • Measuring the Fiscal Capacity of U.S. Cities.
    • Washingon, DC.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (November, 1980).
    • Comments on George Zodrow, Optimal Tax Reform: Property Tax Equalization, "National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America.
  • • H.F. Ladd.
    • (1974).
    • Local Public Expenditures and the Composition of the Property Tax Base.