Jacob Vigdor

Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics at Duke University

Jacob Vigdor is Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics at Duke University, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He earned a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1999, studying with David Cutler, Martin Feldstein, and Edward Glaeser. He has published numerous articles on the topics of segregation, housing markets, political economy, and education policy.

Latest contributions 

VoxEU Column

What it means to miss New Orleans: Katrina evacuees teach us something about poverty and place

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  • Labour Markets
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  • Migration
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  • Poverty and Income Inequality