Reminder - Applications for @oppinsights.bsky.social's predoctoral fellowship that begins summer 2026 are due October 1st. More info on this opportunity below.

📍 ZIP codes matter. Raj Chetty, Eric Chyn, Stefanie DeLuca, John Friedman, Nathan Hendren, Larry Katz, and Bruce Sacerdote respond to claims that neighborhoods don’t shape children’s outcomes. The evidence says otherwise.

We are hiring several full-time predoctoral #research fellows to start in summer 2026. If you are considering a PhD, interested in #bigdata, #economicopportunity, or #mobility scholarship, a #predoc fellowship at Opportunity Insights could be a great next step. opportunityinsights.org/joinourteam/

📢Just launched: The Economic Opportunity Lab! We're partnering with @lma-lmf.bsky.social & Comcast to support local journalism on economic mobility using OI’s data tools like the Opportunity Atlas. 🗺️Cities include Chicago, Miami, Philly, DC & the Bay Area.

👀Want to learn more about the incredible leaders across the U.S. who are using OI data to improve opportunity in their communities? Explore examples of data-driven policies and programs across housing, philanthropy, education, and more at: opportunityinsights.org/community-im...

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⬇️

Missed it live? Yesterday, OI Co-Director Nathan Hendren 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.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: 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/cre... 🧵...

Nathan Hendren will be presenting this new research at the NBER Summer Institute today, July 17, at 10:45 am EST. Tune in on YouTube: 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t2F...

Today, @oppinsights.bsky.social released new research illuminating differences in credit access across the U.S. by race, class, and where you grow up. 🔗 shorturl.at/PxYvH

📢 Just a few weeks left! Submit your paper by Aug 1st to be part of our 4th Annual Conference on Economic Opportunity (Oct 9–10), featuring opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a keynote by Dave Autor. A great platform for both junior and senior scholars to share their work. ⬇️

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 ⬇️

🌸 OI’s Spring ’25 newsletter is here! 🔎 Explore our new research in standardized testing and new measurement methods, see how local leaders and communities are integrating OI data into mobility strategies, and more! 🔗 us8.forward-to-friend.com/forward/prev...

🚨We're hiring at Opportunity Insights! Join the OI team at Harvard and help advance research that drives economic mobility. Read more about these two exciting openings below ⬇️

📣We’re hosting our 4th annual conference on economic opportunity on October 9-10 with opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a Keynote from @davidautor.bsky.social. This is an excellent opportunity for both junior and senior scholars to share their work. ⬇️

New @oppinsights.bsky.social paper by Athey, Chetty, and Imbens develops a new method of estimating treatment effects on long-term outcomes -- the Experimental Selection Correction (ESC) Estimator. 🔗https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/esc-estimator/

📢If you work in local government, check out ICMA's exciting new opportunity to drive real change on economic mobility. Join the Q&A on April 30 to learn more about hosting a Special Assistant through ICMA’s EMO Program! ⬇️

Tune into Prof. Chetty's virtual seminar with the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (UPenn) on the science of economic opportunity. 🔗 to register: tinyurl.com/chetty430 🗓️ 12 pm EST, 4/30/25

Check out Prof. Chetty's latest discussion on using big data to understand and address upward mobility. Thank you @ineteconomics.bsky.social for having us!

🚀 OI’s Winter ’25 newsletter is here! Dive into a chat with Prof. Chetty on leveraging big data for mobility, explore new social capital research in the UK, discover exciting city partnerships using OI data, and more! mailchi.mp/opportunityi...

We’re Opportunity Insights, a nonpartisan research + policy institute located at @harvard.edu. Led by economists Raj Chetty, John Friedman & Nathan Hendren, our mission is to translate insights from scientific research into policy change via an interdisciplinary approach to #BigData