Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · 2d

Event details can be found here:

🔗 shorturl.at/JUQwC

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · 2d

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

1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · 7d

📢 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

Opportunity Insights Summer 2025 Newsletter

shorturl.at

1 1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · 15d

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 · Sep 2

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/

Careers | Opportunity Insights

Join us in our mission to revive the American Dream

opportunityinsights.org

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Sep 8

📰 Read the WSJ Letter: shorturl.at/CE07t

🧠 Read a more detailed academic response: shorturl.at/AWPbh

#OpportunityInsights #SocialMobility

Opinion | The Benefits of a Good ZIP Code Aren’t Bunk

Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren defend their research.

shorturl.at

3

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Sep 8

📍 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.

1 4 6

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Sep 2

Applications for our summer 2026 predoctoral research fellowship are due October 1st. Join our webinar to find out more about this opportunity!
🗓️Thursday, September 18
🕑 2:00 PM ET
🔗 to register: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...

harvard.zoom.us

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Sep 2

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/

Careers | Opportunity Insights

Join us in our mission to revive the American Dream

opportunityinsights.org

1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔗Learn more: localmedia.org/2025/08/loca...

#EconomicMobility #LocalNews #OpportunityAtlas #DataToAction

Local Media Association and Comcast launch Economic Opportunity Lab to spotlight local stories of mobility and change

Support expands for local journalism in five major cities through funding for 48 outlets PHILADELPHIA (August 20, 2025) – Today, the Local Media Association (LMA) and Comcast NBCUniversal announced th...

localmedia.org

2

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢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.

1 3

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Aug 12

Interested in using insights from the Opportunity Atlas and other OI tools in your community, but don’t know where to start? In addition to these case examples, check out:

📑The Opportunity Atlas - Data Tool Summary: shorturl.at/9O3jh

🎒Resources: shorturl.at/G9vDy

shorturl.at

1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Aug 12

Featuring: Child Poverty Action Lab, Greater Houston Community Foundation, King County Housing Authority, Leading on Opportunity, Marillac Mission Fund, Palo Alto HS, Pima County, Richard King Mellon Foundation, SEAP, Wake Tech Community College, and more to come…

1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Aug 12

👀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...

Community Impacts | Opportunity Insights

These examples highlight how individuals and organizations across the country are putting this data into action in their own communities—across areas like housing, education, philanthropy, and more.

opportunityinsights.org

1 1 4

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 21

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⬇️

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 7

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/...

1 2

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

shorturl.at

1 2

Reposted by Opportunity Insights

Dan Herbst @danherbst.bsky.social · Jul 17

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...

🧵...

2 8 20

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 17

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...

1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 17

🔍Review key findings: shorturl.at/UzHX6

📍See what credit access looks like in your community: www.opportunityatlas.org

📰Read media coverage: www.wsj.com/economy/cred...

shorturl.at

1 1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 17

➡️Main Finding: Differences in credit access emerge early in adulthood and persist, driven not just by income or wealth, but by childhood environments.

1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

Credit Access in the United States | Opportunity Insights

Opportunity Insights supports policymakers, practitioners, and communities to use our research and data to develop evidence-based solutions for improved economic mobility.

shorturl.at

1 3 2

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 14

Link to submit:
🔗 opportunityinsights.org/updates/2025...

#Econ #EconomicMobility #CallForPapers

2025 Conference on Economic Mobility | Opportunity Insights

Opportunity Insights supports policymakers, practitioners, and communities to use our research and data to develop evidence-based solutions for improved economic mobility.

opportunityinsights.org

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 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. ⬇️

1 1 1

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 7

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/...

3

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 7

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 ⬇️

1 3 5

Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · Jul 1

Join our mailing list:

🔗 opportunityinsights.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...