Opportunity Insights supports policymakers, practitioners, and communities to use our research and data to develop evidence-based solutions for improved economic mobility.
A central part of Opportunity Insights’ mission is to train the next generation of researchers and policy leaders on methods to study and improve economic opportunity and related social problems.
Based at Harvard University, our team of researchers and policy analysts work together to analyze new data and create a platform for local stakeholders to make more informed decisions.
Interested in how intermediate outcomes can help uncover causal mechanisms and accelerate predictions of long-term intervention impacts? Professors Raj Chetty and Kosuke Imai explore these issues in their 2025 NBER Summer Institute Methods Lecture, in which they discuss statistical methods on mediation and surrogate indices—paired with practical guidance for applied researchers.
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