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Charles T. Clotfelter

Charles T. Clotfelter

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
64
Citations
17474
World Ranking
647
National Ranking
412

Charles T. Clotfelter publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles T. Clotfelter sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 166 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Charles T. Clotfelter D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Charles T. Clotfelter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Charles T. Clotfelter is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple related subfields including education, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, economics and econometrics, and general decision sciences.

The main areas of research focus cover topics related to school choice and performance, critical race theory in education, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, parental involvement in education, gambling behavior and treatments, sports analytics and performance, as well as decision-making and behavioral economics.

Recent papers authored by Charles T. Clotfelter include:

  • School Segregation in the Era of Color-Blind Jurisprudence and School Choice, 2021, Urban Affairs Review
  • Racial Differences in Student Access to High-Quality Teachers, 2023, Education Finance and Policy
  • Better State Lotteries, 2023, Public Finance Review
  • White Advantage in Teacher Assignment, 2021, Brown Digital Repository
  • School Segregation at the Classroom Level in a Southern 'New Destination' State, 2021, Race and Social Problems

They have published frequently in venues such as Urban Affairs Review, Education Finance and Policy, Public Finance Review, Brown Digital Repository, and Race and Social Problems.

Frequent coauthors of Charles T. Clotfelter include:

  • Helen F. Ladd
  • Mavzuna Turaeva
  • Calen R. Clifton
  • Steven W. Hemelt

Charles T. Clotfelter received the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Tax Evasion and Tax Rates: An Analysis of Individual Returns

    Charles T. Clotfelter

  • Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement: Longitudinal Analysis with Student Fixed Effects.

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob L. Vigdor

  • Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement in High School A Cross-Subject Analysis with Student Fixed Effects

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob L. Vigdor

  • Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America

    Charles T Clotfelter;Philip J Cook

  • High Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and Principals

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob L. Vigdor;Justin Wheeler

  • Who teaches whom? Race and the distribution of novice teachers

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob Vigdor

  • Federal Tax Policy and Charitable Giving

    Charles T. Clotfelter

  • Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High-Poverty Schools? Evidence from a Policy Intervention in North Carolina

    Charles Clotfelter;Charles Clotfelter;Elizabeth Glennie;Helen Ladd;Jacob Vigdor;Jacob Vigdor

  • Charitable Giving, Income, and Taxes: An Analysis of Panel Data

    Gerald E. Auten;Holger Sieg;Charles T. Clotfelter

  • Do school accountability systems make it more difficult for low-performing schools to attract and retain high-quality teachers?

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob L. Vigdor;Roger Aliaga Diaz

  • How and Why do Teacher Credentials Matter for Student Achievement

    Charles T Clotfelter;Helen F Ladd;Jacob L Vigdor

  • Notes: The Gambler's Fallacy in Lottery Play

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Philip J. Cook

  • The Peculiar Scale Economies of Lotto

    Philip J Cook;Charles T Clotfelter

  • The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8

    Charles T Clotfelter;Helen F Ladd;Jacob L Vigdor

  • Tax incentives and charitable contributions in the United States: A microeconometric analysis

    Martin Feldstein;Charles Clotfelter

  • On the Economics of State Lotteries

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Philip J. Cook

  • Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob L. Vigdor

  • Implicit Taxation in Lottery Finance

    Charles T Clotfelter;Philip J Cook

  • How and Why do Teacher Credentials Matter for Student Achievement? NBER Working Paper No. 12828.

    Charles T. Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob L. Vigdor

  • Buying the Best: Cost Escalation in Elite Higher Education

    Charles T. Clotfelter

  • High Poverty Schools and the Distribution of Teachers and Principals. Sanford Working Paper Series. SAN06-08.

    Charles Clotfelter;Helen F. Ladd;Jacob Vigdor;Justin Wheeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen F. Ladd
Helen F. Ladd Duke University
Jacob L. Vigdor
Jacob L. Vigdor University of Washington
Philip J. Cook
Philip J. Cook Duke University
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg Cornell University
John J. Siegfried
John J. Siegfried Vanderbilt University
Michael Rothschild
Michael Rothschild University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin Feldstein
Martin Feldstein Harvard University
Linda H. Aiken
Linda H. Aiken University of Pennsylvania
Paul Dimaggio
Paul Dimaggio New York University
Lester M. Salamon
Lester M. Salamon Johns Hopkins University

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