We are hiring several full-time predoctoral #research fellows to start in summer 2027. 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/

We're excited to launch our inaugural Opportunity Fellows cohort.

🔜REMINDER: Submit papers or extended abstracts for Opportunity Insights's 5th Annual Mobility Conference by this Saturday (8/1/2026). 🔗Learn more about the conference: opportunityinsights.org/updates/2026...

📢 ICYMI, Raj Chetty recently delivered the Yrjö Jahnsson Lectures in Finland, synthesizing 15+ years of research on economic mobility. The 2 lectures dig into the drivers of economic opportunity, the role of social capital, and policies to scale mobility.

🚀 We’re launching Opportunity Insights in Classrooms, a new effort to bring research on economic mobility into classrooms and expand who engages with this work. ⬇️

The launch of DREAM ON from EdRedesign is tomorrow! The premiere highlights Communities in Schools and draws on research by OI affiliates Jamie Gracie & Benjamin Goldman on place-based supports for students. 🗓️ May 5, 12pm ET 🔗 edredesign.org/events/dream...

Screening and Q&A: The Premiere of “DREAM ON”

The EdRedesign Lab serves as a catalyst advancing the cradle-to-career field by promoting cross-sector community-based systems of support and opportunity for all children, especially those affected by...

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📢 OI’s Winter ’26 Newsletter is live! This issue covers: 🔎 New research on the HOPE VI program 🚀 Launch of the Opportunity Fellows Teaching Fellowship 📚 A presentation and discussion of our new Communities in Schools research with its program leaders and more!

🚀 New Initiative: The Opportunity Fellows Teacher Fellowship Program! OI is partnering with educators nationwide to co‑design classroom resources using big‑data tools like the Opportunity Atlas to help students explore inequality + economic mobility.

Join @oppinsights.bsky.social, Bloomberg Center for Cities, and The EdRedesign Lab (HGSE) next week for a discussion about closing opportunity gaps for low-income students through place-based, personalized supports. Details below ⬇️

Reminder - Applications for @oppinsights.bsky.social's predoctoral fellowship that begins summer 2026 are due February 4th. More info on this opportunity below.

Opportunity Insights@oppinsights.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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 @oppinsights.bsky.social could be a great next step.

New work from @oppinsights.bsky.social finds that the HOPE VI program improved kids outcomes. The reason: Whereas the projects HOPE VI replaced were isolated from the surrounding community, the new housing wasn't. 1/2 www.wsj.com/economy/hous...

How Remaking the Neighborhood Could Boost Poor Kids’ Futures

A 1990s government initiative to replace housing projects with mixed-income developments gave children an economic lift as adults, new research finds.

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Today, @oppinsights.bsky.social released new research about how low-opportunity neighborhoods can be transformed to offer improved mobility for low-income children using insights from the $17 billion HOPE VI program.

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 @oppinsights.bsky.social could be a great next step.

📢 OI’s Fall ’25 Newsletter is live! 🔎 New research on personalized student supports 📊 4th Annual Mobility Conference highlights 🌎 Global research + local journalism initiative Read now: shorturl.at/tQ30D Subscribe: shorturl.at/ENUDU

📚 Today, @oppinsights.bsky.social , in partnership with The EdRedesign Lab (HGSE), released new research about successful approaches to improve outcomes for low-income students, evaluating insights from Communities in Schools.

📢We’re hiring a Data Scientist! Use big data to shape policies that boost economic mobility. 📍Cambridge, MA | Hybrid 🔗Link to apply: shorturl.at/dQ6Gl #DataScience #EconomicMobility #Hiring

Raj Chetty will be presenting insights from combining experimental and observational data at the @princetonecon.bsky.social Notestein Seminar Series today. This talk is open to the public. 📍Robertson Hall (100 Arthur Lewis Auditorium) 🕐 10/7, 12 pm - 1 pm EST

📢 OI’s Summer ’25 Newsletter is out! 🔎 Inside: new research on disparities in credit access, how leaders are using OI data, a new local journalism initiative, and how wealth shapes access at elite colleges. 📰 Read: shorturl.at/dz7h2 📬 Sign up: shorturl.at/Iscb7

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

Opportunity Insights@oppinsights.bsky.social · last yr.

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/

📍 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⬇️

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These lectures will cover both the frontier of statistical methods on mediation and surrogate indices and provide practical guidance for applied researchers. Find more info and livestream link here: 🔗 www.nber.org/conferences/...

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...

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Opportunity Insights@oppinsights.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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 ⬇️