IFS Annual Lecture by Professor Raj Chetty (Harvard): The Determinants of Social Mobility: New Evidence and Policy Lessons

Mon 19 May 2014, 01:00


he British Academy was pleased to host the 2014 IFS Annual Lecture by Professor Raj Chetty (Harvard) on the 19 May 2014.


About the speaker


Raj Chetty is the Bloomberg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Chetty's research combines empirical evidence and economic theory to help design more effective government policies. His work on tax policy, unemployment insurance, and education has been widely cited in media outlets and Congressional testimony. His current research focuses on equality of opportunity: how can we give children from disadvantaged backgrounds better chances of succeeding?


In 2008, The Economist listed Raj Chetty as one of the top eight young economists in the world and in 2010, he received the Young Labor Economist Award from the Institute for the Study of Labor Economy. In 2012, he was one of 23 fellows to receive $500,000 over the following five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as a recipient of one of the Foundation's 'Genius Grants' and in 2013 he became the recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.


This lecture was organised by the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at IFS.


This event was recorded and is available to watch below, or to stream via the British Academy Youtube channel.





 


Speaker:

Professor Raj Chetty

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