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.
We’re Opportunity Insights, a nonpartisan research + policy institute located at @Harvard. Led by economists Raj Chetty, @John_N_Friedman & @NHendren82, our mission is to translate insights from scientific research into policy change via an interdisciplinary approach to #BigData
The NBER Methods lectures are happening this week! Find details on how you can tune into Prof. Chetty and Prof. Kosuke Imai's presentations here⬇️
Interested in using intermediate outcomes to better understand causal mechanisms and predict long-term impacts of interventions? Join Prof. Chetty and Prof. Kosuke Imai at the NBER Methods lectures: 📅 Thursday, 7/24, 3 pm 📍 Cambridge, MA for NBER SI attendees, or virtually ⬇️
Missed it live? Yesterday, OI Co-Director @nhendren82 presented new research on credit access in the U.S. at the NBER Summer Institute. You can now watch the full presentation and explore the findings. 📺Watch: shorturl.at/CIwZr 📚Explore: shorturl.at/gigae
1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @Stefanie_DeLuca, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and @nhendren82: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown. djh1202.github.io/website/credit… 🧵...