Opportunity Insights @OppInsights
A non-partisan research + policy institute based at @Harvard focused on improving economic opportunity. Led by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, & Nathaniel Hendren. opportunityinsights.org Cambridge, MA Joined March 2018-
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🌟 Exciting Announcement! EdRedesign & @OppInsights are launching a doctoral research fellowship at @Harvard. Together, we're committed to advancing knowledge on economic opportunity, youth development, well-being & education. View the application: bit.ly/497Nnt6 @hgse
**New Paper** The US spent $6.3 billion dollars to revitalize hundreds of public housing projects between 1993-2010. Did these investments transform high-poverty neighborhoods into mixed-income communities? Did subsidized renters benefit? #EconTwitter matthewstaiger.github.io/matthewstaiger…
Apply by March 23, 2024 to receive consideration for a 2024 Summer Course Fellowship! bit.ly/3IdQMvH Once again, we thank our organizational partners for helping to make this fully funded course possible: @OppInsights @federalreserve
Prof. Chetty is in @Stanford to present the 2024 Arrow Lecture on Ethics and Leadership. This in-person talk is open to the public and followed by a discussion with @davidgrusky. 🗓️ Wed 3.13 @ 4:30PM PST 🔗to register: tinyurl.com/mryrbza9 🔗to a Q&A: tinyurl.com/499vmffh
Reminder: Applications for our summer 2024 predoctoral research fellowship are due February 8th. Join our webinar tomorrow to find out more about this opportunity! 🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 25th 🕑 2:00 PM EST 🔗to register: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Applications for our summer 2024 predoctoral research fellowship are due February 8th. Join our webinar to find out more about this opportunity! 🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 25th 🕑 2:00 PM EST 🔗 to register: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Excited to host our #ByAllMeansHGSE senior fellows Sonali Nijhawan of @AmeriCorps, Alan Cohen of Child Poverty Action Lab & Dr. Russell Booker from @learnwsam this week @Harvard! #cradletocareer @OppInsights @hgse
Join Prof. Chetty this evening (4:10PM PT) for part II of his set of lectures @UCBerkeley about how #bigdata can be used to inform #policy in the #housing, #highered, and #placebased spaces to create broader #opportunity for all. Livestream 🔗: gradlectures.berkeley.edu/lecture/creati…
Join Prof. Chetty this evening (4:10PM PT) for part II of his set of lectures @UCBerkeley about how #bigdata can be used to inform #policy in the #housing, #highered, and #placebased spaces to create broader #opportunity for all. Livestream 🔗: gradlectures.berkeley.edu/lecture/creati…
This week - Oct 25 & 26 - Prof. Chetty will be @UCBerkeley for 2 lectures discussing #bigdata and the science of #economic #opportunity + policy examples that improve opportunity for all. #housing #highered #placebased Join in-person or via livestream! gradlectures.berkeley.edu/lecture/creati…
New coverage from the @nytimes of our recent College Admissions paper highlights how “students’ standardized test scores rise with their parents' incomes — and how disparities start years before students sit for tests.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
The #AmericanDream, the idea that anyone can succeed, often feels just like that - a dream. In this episode of "Say More," @TulaineM tackles the issues with @John_N_Friedman, a professor of #economics at @BrownUniversity & Co-Director of @OppInsights. 🎧➡️ hubs.li/Q0267Fs20
Very excited to moderate this discussion tomorrow with Raj Chetty and Michael Sandel on social mobility, meritocracy, and creating an inclusive economy hks.harvard.edu/events/educati…. Join us if you are around Harvard.
Claudia’s work has transformed our understanding of the sources of gender disparities -- as well as how to address them -- and has inspired so many to follow in her path. OI wishes @profcgoldin a huge congratulations - we are so fortunate to work with you!
Want to be part of a #bigdata #research team focused on improving economic #opportunity? Submit your application for @OppInsights #predoc fellowship by Fri Oct 6th! Find out more: opportunityinsights.org/joinourteam/
I wrote a piece for @TheAtlantic about the growing perception that college is no longer worth it. It's important for people to know that the value of a BA increases with work experience, peaking at ages 45-55. Tuition (and loans) must be repaid long before that. College seems…
I wrote a piece for @TheAtlantic about the growing perception that college is no longer worth it. It's important for people to know that the value of a BA increases with work experience, peaking at ages 45-55. Tuition (and loans) must be repaid long before that. College seems…
Excited to share new placebo test results that further support the movers exposure design as a tool to identify causal effects of neighborhoods. This memo shows the association between birth outcomes and neighborhood quality does not vary with age at move. opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/upl…
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519 Followers 32 Following Philly-based Editor & Author | @thephilacitizen | Latest of five books: "Life is Magic" coming soon🌟 Exciting Announcement! EdRedesign & @OppInsights are launching a doctoral research fellowship at @Harvard. Together, we're committed to advancing knowledge on economic opportunity, youth development, well-being & education. View the application: bit.ly/497Nnt6 @hgse
Thanks to @OppInsights for having us at their weekly seminar today! @ElizabethLinos presented some of our latest findings on stigma surrounding social safety net programs and received excellent questions and feedback.
Thank you to Professors Raj Chetty of @OppInsights, Lawrence Bobo, @dynarski, and @HarvardCEPR's Thomas Kane for holding an impactful #AskwithForum/#PIERseminar! Speakers held a data-driven discussion about college access and generational wealth.
This conference - in Cambridge MA on 11/30 and 12/1 - is a great chance to present your exciting new work on economic mobility. Link below - please submit!(deadline 8/18) opportunityinsights.org/updates/2023-c… @OppInsights
Mobility scholars! Submit your paper to our second annual conference on economic opportunity by August 18! Will include a panel discussion on how colleges and universities shape economic opportunity. opportunityinsights.org/updates/2023-c…
NEW: Why is invention strongly positively correlated with parental income not only in the US but also in Finland which displays low income inequality/high social mobility? Philippe Aghion, @ufukakcigit, @artahy, Otto Toivanen investigate using data on 1.45M Finnish individuals:
@OppInsights at @Harvard is hiring for their predoctoral fellowship! ✏️ 📚 For more information: opportunityinsights.org To apply: opportunityinsights.org/joinourteam/ #jobopportunity #doctorate #fellowship #jobapplication #highered #university #MSIs #OpportunityInsights
.@OppInsights estimates that there are around 2.6 million people in the United States who should be working, but are not. Remote work could help with that, notes @PennyG_Yale. bit.ly/3wLYIyh
This is one of most useful - and coolest - tools in social science right now:
I'm so excited to see that the second version of the social capital atlas is available. It allows interactive exploration of the relationship between social capital measures and outcome for each ZIP code, college and high school in the US.
Morgan Stanley and BuzzFeed both confirmed major layoffs on Tuesday, with Morgan Stanley cutting 1,600 employees forbes.com/sites/brianbus…
"People are no longer saying the quiet parts out loud, they are screaming them" - Doug Emhoff, speaking at a WH roundtable on antisemitism.
‘Epidemic Of Hate’: Doug Emhoff Condemns Recent Antisemitism Spike At White House Roundtable forbes.com/sites/brianbus…
What are you doing next Tuesday? If yes, are you interested in economic mobility? If you answered yes again, consider joining a free webinar with Raj Chetty, Johannes Stroebel and Matthew Jackson discussing their recent @Nature papers on social capital workcast.com/register?cpak=…
@dylanmatt @mattyglesias @jimtankersley I would also suggest journalist Dylan Matthews would be a good fit if anyone on this thread is familiar with him.
All pain aside, writing personal statements is a nice way to discover and verbalize why you feel gratified in your decided specialty
I think about Emmanuel's absence every day. He was a force of nature. I'm thankful I managed the final mile on this paper without him (with help from colleagues). My life, let alone research, will never be the same without him.
Forthcoming in the AER: "Supply and Demand in Disaggregated Keynesian Economies with an Application to the Covid-19 Crisis" by David Baqaee and Emmanuel Farhi. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
Sorting some old secondhand books and this note from 1991 fell out of one (not for me). Totally intrigued. Who is Mitchell? Which constitution?!
A Cleveland study participant just emailed to tell me she had moved- she remembered we were so interested in this (it’s been 3yrs since last followup). She had saved the consent form. What a gift it is to do fieldwork, to have families share consequential moments in their lives.
Cool #dataforgood #techforgood #job alert 🚨
📣We are hiring a full-time Data Engineer on a 12-month contract starting summer 2021! This role will be responsible for the technical operation of the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker. We will begin reviewing applications ASAP! bit.ly/3vGsJx6
A Senate reform bill for the Section 8 vouchers program builds on Raj Chetty's @OppInsights research to persuade landlords to accept tenants with vouchers. If source-of-income discrimination laws are the stick, then this is the carrot: bloom.bg/3yl2NJD
Thank you, Raj Chetty, @Harvard Economics faculty and co-director of @OppInsights, for your research efforts impacting the affordable housing community. #AAPIMonth
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