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September 6, 2024, Video: "How can we improve economic opportunities for children growing up in low-income families? This talk will present findings from a recent set of studies…
August 4, 2024, Audio: "NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty about new research showing increased economic mobility among Black adults who grew…
October 2023, Paper: "There's no higher compliment, in my view, for an academic than seeing that your work has had a real impact on people's lives, so this conference is…
Diversifying Society's Leaders? The Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges
July 2023, Paper: "Leadership positions in the U.S. are disproportionately held by graduates of a few highly selective private colleges. Could such colleges — which currently have…
May 1, 2023, Video: "Raj Chetty, the William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard University, was the featured guest at the Stony Brook University Presidential…
October 2022, Paper: "We build a publicly available database that tracks economic activity at a granular level in real time using anonymized data from private companies. We report…
August 10, 2022, Video: "A new study reveals that cross-class connections are key to lifting children out of poverty. Behind the research is Raj Chetty, professor of economics at…
August 8, 2022, Audio: "In a pair of groundbreaking studies, Harvard economist Raj Chetty and a team of researchers find that cross-class friendships are a significant key to…
June 2022, Paper: "Targeting programs during childhood is the best way to increase upward economic mobility. A defining feature of the American Dream is upward mobility—the…
April 27, 2022, Video: "Professor Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the Director of Opportunity Insights, which uses big data to…