Richard Vedder

1.7k total citations
96 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Richard Vedder is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Vedder has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Richard Vedder's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (13 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (13 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers). Richard Vedder is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (13 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (13 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers). Richard Vedder collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Richard Vedder's co-authors include Lowell E. Gallaway, Richard J. Cebula, Daniel Bennett, Joshua C. Hall, David E. Cooper, Dwight R. Lee, Harry N. Scheiber, Herbert G. Grubel, Robert M. Kohn and Robert A. Margo and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Richard Vedder

85 papers receiving 834 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Vedder United States 19 549 423 181 169 121 96 1.1k
Mwangi S. Kimenyi United States 21 388 0.7× 446 1.1× 202 1.1× 242 1.4× 85 0.7× 71 1.2k
Walter W. McMahon United States 20 636 1.2× 240 0.6× 425 2.3× 232 1.4× 57 0.5× 53 1.2k
Marc Gurgand France 18 586 1.1× 409 1.0× 254 1.4× 109 0.6× 69 0.6× 57 1.2k
David R. Ross United States 12 396 0.7× 387 0.9× 197 1.1× 59 0.3× 128 1.1× 21 868
Massimiliano Bratti Italy 19 518 0.9× 422 1.0× 273 1.5× 124 0.7× 140 1.2× 79 1.2k
Phanindra V. Wunnava United States 17 442 0.8× 339 0.8× 83 0.5× 71 0.4× 217 1.8× 52 986
Moshe Justman Israel 19 568 1.0× 318 0.8× 162 0.9× 243 1.4× 77 0.6× 58 990
Binzhen Wu China 14 389 0.7× 309 0.7× 147 0.8× 187 1.1× 88 0.7× 34 991
Louis N. Christofides Canada 21 878 1.6× 310 0.7× 120 0.7× 135 0.8× 198 1.6× 76 1.3k
Santosh Mehrotra India 19 320 0.6× 369 0.9× 147 0.8× 172 1.0× 43 0.4× 67 968

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Vedder

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Vedder

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Vedder. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Vedder based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard Vedder. Richard Vedder is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bennett, Daniel & Richard Vedder. (2014). Public Policy, Higher Education, and Income Inequality in the U.S.: Have We Reached Diminishing Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard, et al.. (2013). Why Are Recent College Graduates Underemployed? University Enrollments and Labor-Market Realities.. 46 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard, et al.. (2011). Cost Versus Enrollment Bubbles. Academic Questions. 24(3). 282–290. 1 indexed citations
4.
Vedder, Richard. (2010). Right-to-Work Laws: Liberty, Prosperity, and Quality of Life. Cato Journal. 30(1). 171–180. 2 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard. (2008). Colleges Should Go beyond the Rhetoric of Accountability.. ˜The œchronicle of higher education. 54(42). 2 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard, et al.. (2008). North Carolina's Higher Education System: Success or Failure?.. Issue Lab (Candid). 2 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard. (2005). Market-Based Education: What Can We Learn from Universities?. Cato Journal. 25(2). 279–295.
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Vedder, Richard. (2003). Comparable Worth: Salary Data Fail to Account for the Shorter Workday and Work Year in Teaching. Once Adjusted, Teacher Salaries Look about Right. (Forum). Education next. 3(3). 14. 4 indexed citations
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Gallaway, Lowell E. & Richard Vedder. (2003). Ideas versus ideology: The origins of modern labor economics. Journal of Labor Research. 24(4). 643–668. 6 indexed citations
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Gallaway, Lowell E. & Richard Vedder. (1993). Out of work: unemployment and government in twentieth-century America. Choice Reviews Online. 30(10). 30–5712. 62 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard & Lowell E. Gallaway. (1992). Why Johnny Can't Work: The Causes of Unemployment. Policy review. 24. 1 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard. (1990). TIEBOUT, TAXES, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. Cato Journal. 10(1). 91–108. 8 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard. (1988). School Productivity, Class Size, and Choice.. 19(11). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard, et al.. (1986). Demonstrating Their Freedom: The Post-Emancipation Migration of Black Americans. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Gallaway, Lowell E. & Richard Vedder. (1985). Migration Efficiency Ratios and the Optimal Distribution of Population. Growth and Change. 16(1). 3–7. 2 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard, et al.. (1982). Variations in business and economic history : essays in honor of Donald L. Kemmerer. JAI Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard. (1981). State and local economic development strategy : a "supply side" perspective : a staff study. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Gallaway, Lowell E., et al.. (1973). Internal Labor Migration in Sweden, 1967. The Swedish Journal of Economics. 75(3). 257–257. 7 indexed citations
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Kohn, Robert M., Richard Vedder, & Richard J. Cebula. (1973). Determinants of interstate migration, by race, 1965?1970. The Annals of Regional Science. 7(1). 100–112. 14 indexed citations
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Vedder, Richard, et al.. (1971). The determinants of internal migration in West Germany, 1967. Review of World Economics. 106(2). 309–317. 8 indexed citations

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