user avatar
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.
Cambridge, MA
opportunityinsights.org
Joined March 2018
539
Following
15.7K
Followers
Posts
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Oct 1, 2018
    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
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    May 31, 2020
    The tragic loss of George Floyd – like Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others -- is a troubling reminder of the systemic racial inequities that afflict our nation. [1/4]
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    May 7, 2020
    #COVID19 has unleashed an unprecedented economic crisis. To understand the full scope of the impact and target recovery efforts, policymakers need data on a daily basis. To meet this need, @OppInsights built a real-time economic tracker with support from the @gatesfoundation.
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Sep 5, 2024
    We are hiring several full-time predoctoral #research fellows to start in summer 2025. If you are considering a PhD, interested in #bigdata, #economic #opportnity, or #mobility scholarship, a #predoc fellowship at @OppInsights could be a great next step.
    opportunityinsights.org
    Careers | Opportunity Insights
    Join us in our mission to revive the American Dream
    13K
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Feb 27, 2023
    Join Professor Chetty on March 6th at the @HarvardGSD for a talk demonstrating how new insights from big data can shape the way we think about architectural and urban planning, community development, affordable housing policy, and pathways out of poverty.
    12K
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Jan 28, 2019
    We're excited to announce that Raj Chetty is teaching his Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems course at @Harvard this semester!
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Nov 13, 2019
    Don't want to wait years to estimate the effects of an intervention? Our new paper develops a method to estimate long-term impacts rapidly and precisely by combining short-term proxies. opportunityinsights.org/paper/the-surr… [1/4]
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Jul 24, 2023
    Today, @OppInsights released new research on admissions practices at highly selective, “Ivy-Plus” colleges and their role in shaping upward mobility and socioeconomic diversity in top leadership roles in the U.S. Two ways to engage and learn more below.
    opportunityinsights.org
    Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Select...
    18K
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Feb 14, 2019
    Raj Chetty, @John_N_Friedman, & @nhendren82 are excited to train the next generation of social scientists to study inequality, through our pre-doc research fellowship! Underrepresented groups in economics especially encouraged to apply. Due 2/28: goo.gl/TgJenh @econ_ra
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Oct 1, 2018
    Introducing the #OpportunityAtlas! Our free, interactive resource-constructed in collaboration w/ @USCensusBureau-offers the unprecedented ability to look within our cities to see where, & for whom, opportunity exists: opportunityatlas.org
    GIF
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Aug 3, 2023
    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…
    24K
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    Jun 17, 2020
    🚨 Data Download is now available on TracktheRecovery.org! We hope policymakers and researchers will use this feature to enhance their own analysis. 📊📈
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    May 22, 2023
    In Oxford today? Stop by to hear Prof. Chetty, @JosephEStiglitz, and @AnnelieseDodds discuss the challenges and opportunities related to inequality and social mobility. gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-event… Thanks to the @SanjayaLallMem and co-sponsors @greentempleton and @OxfordEconDept!
    16K
  • user avatar
    Opportunity Insights
    @OppInsights
    May 31, 2020
    Replying to @OppInsights
    Black and White children - even those who grow up on the same block, with the same family incomes - go on to lead very different lives due to the differential barriers they face. [2/4]