Details about Raj Chetty

Homepage:	http://www.rajchetty.com
Postal address:	Department of Economics Harvard University 1280 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor Cambridge MA 02138
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Estimating Treatment Effects using Multiple Surrogates: The Role of the Surrogate Score and the Surrogate Index
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (9)

2023

3. Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2022

4. Social Capital I: Measurement and Associations with Economic Mobility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)
   See also Journal Article Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility, Nature, Nature (2022) View citations (60) (2022)
5. Social Capital II: Determinants of Economic Connectedness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article Social capital II: determinants of economic connectedness, Nature, Nature (2022) View citations (16) (2022)

2020

6. Combining Experimental and Observational Data to Estimate Treatment Effects on Long Term Outcomes
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (17)
7. Expanding and Diversifying the Pool of Undergraduates who Study Economics: Insights from a New Introductory Course at Harvard
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article Expanding and diversifying the pool of undergraduates who study economics: Insights from a new introductory course at Harvard, The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (18) (2020)
8. The Determinants of Income Segregation and Intergenerational Mobility: Using Test Scores to Measure Undermatching
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
9. The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (238)
   See also Journal Article The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2024) View citations (3) (2024)

2019

10. A Practical Method to Reduce Privacy Loss when Disclosing Statistics Based on Small Samples
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article A Practical Method to Reduce Privacy Loss When Disclosing Statistics Based on Small Samples, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (11) (2019)
11. Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)
    See also Journal Article Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
12. Do Tax Cuts Produce More Einsteins? The Impacts of Financial Incentives vs. Exposure to Innovation on the Supply of Inventors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (20)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) View citations (24)
13. Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Annual Congress 2017: Do tax cuts produce more Einsteins? The impacts of financial incentives versus exposure to innovation on the supply of inventors
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Annual Congress 2017: Do Tax Cuts Produce more Einsteins? The Impacts of Financial Incentives VerSus Exposure to Innovation on the Supply of Inventors, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
14. The Surrogate Index: Combining Short-Term Proxies to Estimate Long-Term Treatment Effects More Rapidly and Precisely
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
15. Who becomes an inventor in America? The importance of exposure to innovation
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (80)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (46)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017) View citations (45)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (63)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2017) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2019) View citations (135) (2019)

2018

16. Lost Einsteins: who becomes an inventor in America?
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
17. Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (79)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (72)
    See also Journal Article Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: an Intergenerational Perspective*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2020) View citations (148) (2020)
18. The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (113)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2018) View citations (117)

2017

19. Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (133)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (133)

2016

20. Childhood Environment and Gender Gaps in Adulthood
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article Childhood Environment and Gender Gaps in Adulthood, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (59) (2016)
21. The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (732)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (86)
    See also Journal Article The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (742) (2016)
22. The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
23. The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (48)
    See also Journal Article The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (389) (2018)
24. The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (292) (2018)
25. Using Lagged Outcomes to Evaluate Bias in Value-Added Models
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Using Lagged Outcomes to Evaluate Bias in Value-Added Models, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (12) (2016)

2015

26. Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: A Pragmatic Perspective
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (224)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (221)
    See also Journal Article Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: A Pragmatic Perspective, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (221) (2015)
27. Identification and Inference With Many Invalid Instruments
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (47)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Identification and Inference With Many Invalid Instruments, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (47) (2015)
28. Measuring the Impacts of Teachers: Response to Rothstein (2014)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)

2014

29. Is the United States Still a Land of Opportunity? Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (302)
    See also Journal Article Is the United States Still a Land of Opportunity? Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (303) (2014)
30. Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (444)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (505) (2014)
31. Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (482)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (511) (2014)
32. What Policies Increase Prosocial Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (40)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (38)
    Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article What Policies Increase Prosocial Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (44) (2014)
33. Where is the Land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1181)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2014) View citations (1135)
    See also Journal Article Where is the land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2014) View citations (1088) (2014)

2013

34. Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (53)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2014) View citations (261) (2014)
35. Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (202)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (43)
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2011) View citations (46)
    See also Journal Article Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities, NBER Macroeconomics Annual, University of Chicago Press (2013) View citations (200) (2013)
    Chapter Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (203) (2012)
36. Social Insurance: Connecting Theory to Data
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (76)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (19)
37. Subsidies vs. Nudges: Which Policies Increase Saving the Most?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)

2012

38. Bounds on Elasticities With Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (539)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (42)
    See also Journal Article Bounds on Elasticities With Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2012) View citations (541) (2012)
39. Using Differences in Knowledge Across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Using Differences in Knowledge across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (329) (2013)

2011

40. Are Micro and Macro Labor Supply Elasticities Consistent? A Review of Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (609)
    See also Journal Article Are Micro and Macro Labor Supply Elasticities Consistent? A Review of Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (621) (2011)
41. How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (666)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011) View citations (708) (2011)
42. The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (162)

2010

43. Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records
    CAM Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics View citations (20)
44. Dividend and Corporate Taxation in an Agency Model of the Firm
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article Dividend and Corporate Taxation in an Agency Model of the Firm, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (77) (2010)
45. Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (84)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (9)
    See also Chapter Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (84) (2010)
    Journal Article Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (85) (2010)
46. The Effect of Housing on Portfolio Choice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Housing on Portfolio Choice, Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (2017) View citations (84) (2017)

2009

47. Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Micro vs. Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Micro vs. Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011) View citations (598) (2011)
48. Is the Taxable Income Elasticity Sufficient to Calculate Deadweight Loss? The Implications of Evasion and Avoidance
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (253)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Is the Taxable Income Elasticity Sufficient to Calculate Deadweight Loss? The Implications of Evasion and Avoidance, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (256) (2009)
49. Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (1319)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (65)
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2009) View citations (1075)
    See also Journal Article Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (1350) (2009)
50. Sufficient Statistics for Welfare Analysis: A Bridge Between Structural and Reduced-Form Methods
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (424)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Sufficient Statistics for Welfare Analysis: A Bridge Between Structural and Reduced-Form Methods, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2009) View citations (465) (2009)
51. Teaching the Tax Code: Earnings Responses to an Experiment with EITC Recipients
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)
    See also Journal Article Teaching the Tax Code: Earnings Responses to an Experiment with EITC Recipients, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (205) (2013)
52. The Simple Economics of Salience and Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (72)

2008

53. Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (487)
    See also Journal Article Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2008) View citations (631) (2008)
54. Moral Hazard vs. Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (195)

2007

55. An Agency Theory of Dividend Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
56. The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (209)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (209)
    See also Journal Article The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2007) View citations (215) (2007)

2006

57. A Bound on Risk Aversion Using Labor Supply Elasticities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
58. Cash-on-Hand and Competing Models of Intertemporal Behavior: New Evidence from the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Cash-on-Hand and Competing Models of Intertemporal Behavior: New Evidence from the Labor Market, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (398) (2007)
59. Consumption Commitments and Risk Preferences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Consumption Commitments and Risk Preferences, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (257) (2007)

2005

60. A General Formula for the Optimal Level of Social Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article A general formula for the optimal level of social insurance, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (271) (2006)
61. Consumption Commitments: Neoclassical Foundations for Habit Formation
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (16)
62. Consumption Smoothing and the Welfare Consequences of Social Insurance in Developing Economies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Consumption smoothing and the welfare consequences of social insurance in developing economies, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (111) (2006)
63. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Chapter Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (19) (2007)
64. The Effects of Taxes on Market Responses to Dividend Announcements and Payments: What Can we Learn from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
65. Why do Unemployment Benefits Raise Unemployment Durations? Moral Hazard vs. Liquidity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2004

66. Consumption Commitments and Asset Prices
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (19)
67. Consumption Commitments and Habit Formation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Consumption Commitments and Habit Formation, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2016) View citations (52) (2016)
68. Consumption Commitments, Unemployment Durations, and Local Risk Aversion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
69. Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005) View citations (270) (2005)
70. Do Dividend Payments Respond to Taxes? Preliminary Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
71. Interest Rates and Backward-Bending Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
72. Optimal Unemployment Insurance When Income Effects are Large
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

2003

73. A New Method of Estimating Risk Aversion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article A New Method of Estimating Risk Aversion, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (402) (2006)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (5), 1281-1337 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (60) (2019)
2. The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139, (2), 829-889 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (238) (2020)

2022

3. Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility
   Nature, 2022, 608, (7921), 108-121 View citations (60)
   See also Working Paper Social Capital I: Measurement and Associations with Economic Mobility, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (60) (2022)
4. Social capital II: determinants of economic connectedness
   Nature, 2022, 608, (7921), 122-134 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Social Capital II: Determinants of Economic Connectedness, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (16) (2022)

2021

5. IMPROVING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: NEW INSIGHTS FROM BIG DATA
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2021, 39, (1), 7-41 View citations (2)

2020

6. Expanding and diversifying the pool of undergraduates who study economics: Insights from a new introductory course at Harvard
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2020, 51, (3-4), 364-379 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper Expanding and Diversifying the Pool of Undergraduates who Study Economics: Insights from a New Introductory Course at Harvard, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (18) (2020)
7. Income Segregation and Intergenerational Mobility Across Colleges in the United States*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (3), 1567-1633 View citations (89)
8. Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: an Intergenerational Perspective*
   (Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US Over Two Centuries)
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (2), 711-783 View citations (148)
   See also Working Paper Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective, Working Papers (2018) View citations (79) (2018)
9. Response to “The Moving to Opportunity Experiment: What Do Heterogeneous Estimates of the Effect of Moving Imply About Causes?â€
   Econ Journal Watch, 2020, 17, (2), 299–304 View citations (1)

2019

10. A Practical Method to Reduce Privacy Loss When Disclosing Statistics Based on Small Samples
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 414-20 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper A Practical Method to Reduce Privacy Loss when Disclosing Statistics Based on Small Samples, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (11) (2019)
11. Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Annual Congress 2017: Do Tax Cuts Produce more Einsteins? The Impacts of Financial Incentives VerSus Exposure to Innovation on the Supply of Inventors
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17, (3), 651-677 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Joseph Schumpeter Lecture, EEA Annual Congress 2017: Do tax cuts produce more Einsteins? The impacts of financial incentives versus exposure to innovation on the supply of inventors, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
12. Who Becomes an Inventor in America? The Importance of Exposure to Innovation
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019, 134, (2), 647-713 View citations (135)
    See also Working Paper Who becomes an inventor in America? The importance of exposure to innovation, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (80) (2019)

2018

13. The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (3), 1107-1162 View citations (389)
    See also Working Paper The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility I: Childhood Exposure Effects, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (48) (2016)
14. The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (3), 1163-1228 View citations (292)
    See also Working Paper The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (28) (2016)

2017

15. Measuring the Impacts of Teachers: Reply
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (6), 1685-1717 View citations (23)
16. The Effect of Housing on Portfolio Choice
    Journal of Finance, 2017, 72, (3), 1171-1212 View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Housing on Portfolio Choice, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (15) (2010)

2016

17. Childhood Environment and Gender Gaps in Adulthood
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 282-88 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Childhood Environment and Gender Gaps in Adulthood, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (56) (2016)
18. Consumption Commitments and Habit Formation
    Econometrica, 2016, 84, 855-890 View citations (52)
    See also Working Paper Consumption Commitments and Habit Formation, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (12) (2004)
19. Effects of local health interventions on inequality in life expectancy: New publicly available data
    American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (12), 2154-2155 View citations (1)
20. Improving Opportunities for Economic Mobility: New Evidence and Policy Lessons
    Bridges, 2016, (Fall)
21. The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (4), 855-902 View citations (742)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, Scholarly Articles (2016) View citations (732) (2016)
22. Using Lagged Outcomes to Evaluate Bias in Value-Added Models
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 393-99 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Using Lagged Outcomes to Evaluate Bias in Value-Added Models, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (12) (2016)

2015

23. Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: A Pragmatic Perspective
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 1-33 View citations (221)
    See also Working Paper Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: A Pragmatic Perspective, Scholarly Articles (2015) View citations (224) (2015)
24. Identification and Inference With Many Invalid Instruments
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2015, 33, (4), 474-484 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper Identification and Inference With Many Invalid Instruments, Scholarly Articles (2015) View citations (47) (2015)

2014

25. Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (3), 1141-1219 View citations (261)
    See also Working Paper Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark, Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (53) (2013)
26. Is the United States Still a Land of Opportunity? Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 141-47 View citations (303)
    See also Working Paper Is the United States Still a Land of Opportunity? Recent Trends in Intergenerational Mobility, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (302) (2014)
27. Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (9), 2593-2632 View citations (505)
    See also Working Paper Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (444) (2014)
28. Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (9), 2633-79 View citations (511)
    See also Working Paper Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (482) (2014)
29. What Policies Increase Prosocial Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (3), 169-88 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper What Policies Increase Prosocial Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (40) (2014)
30. Where is the land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129, (4), 1553-1623 View citations (1088)
    See also Working Paper Where is the Land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (1181) (2014)

2013

31. Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities
    NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2013, 27, (1), 1 - 56 View citations (200)
    See also Chapter Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities, NBER Chapters, 2012, 1-56 (2012) View citations (203) (2012)
    Working Paper Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities, Scholarly Articles (2013) View citations (202) (2013)
32. Teaching the Tax Code: Earnings Responses to an Experiment with EITC Recipients
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (1), 1-31 View citations (205)
    See also Working Paper Teaching the Tax Code: Earnings Responses to an Experiment with EITC Recipients, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (69) (2009)
33. Using Differences in Knowledge across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (7), 2683-2721 View citations (329)
    See also Working Paper Using Differences in Knowledge Across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (38) (2012)

2012

34. Bounds on Elasticities With Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply
    Econometrica, 2012, 80, (3), 969-1018 View citations (541)
    See also Working Paper Bounds on Elasticities With Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply, Scholarly Articles (2012) View citations (539) (2012)

2011

35. Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Micro vs. Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (2), 749-804 View citations (598)
    See also Working Paper Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Micro vs. Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (36) (2009)
36. Are Micro and Macro Labor Supply Elasticities Consistent? A Review of Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 471-75 View citations (621)
    See also Working Paper Are Micro and Macro Labor Supply Elasticities Consistent? A Review of Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins, Scholarly Articles (2011) View citations (609) (2011)
37. How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (4), 1593-1660 View citations (708)
    See also Working Paper How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star, Scholarly Articles (2011) View citations (666) (2011)

2010

38. Dividend and Corporate Taxation in an Agency Model of the Firm
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2010, 2, (3), 1-31 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper Dividend and Corporate Taxation in an Agency Model of the Firm, Scholarly Articles (2010) View citations (74) (2010)
39. Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2010, 2, (2), 85-114 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance, Scholarly Articles (2010) View citations (84) (2010)
    Chapter Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance, NBER Chapters, 2010, 85-114 (2010) View citations (84) (2010)

2009

40. Is the Taxable Income Elasticity Sufficient to Calculate Deadweight Loss? The Implications of Evasion and Avoidance
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1, (2), 31-52 View citations (256)
    See also Working Paper Is the Taxable Income Elasticity Sufficient to Calculate Deadweight Loss? The Implications of Evasion and Avoidance, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (253) (2009)
41. Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (4), 1145-77 View citations (1350)
    See also Working Paper Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (1319) (2009)
42. Sufficient Statistics for Welfare Analysis: A Bridge Between Structural and Reduced-Form Methods
    Annual Review of Economics, 2009, 1, (1), 451-488 View citations (465)
    See also Working Paper Sufficient Statistics for Welfare Analysis: A Bridge Between Structural and Reduced-Form Methods, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (424) (2009)

2008

43. Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance
    Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (2), 173-234 View citations (631)
    Also in Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (6), 1197-1197 (2008) View citations (466)
    See also Working Paper Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance, Scholarly Articles (2008) View citations (487) (2008)

2007

44. Cash-on-Hand and Competing Models of Intertemporal Behavior: New Evidence from the Labor Market
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (4), 1511-1560 View citations (398)
    See also Working Paper Cash-on-Hand and Competing Models of Intertemporal Behavior: New Evidence from the Labor Market, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (29) (2006)
45. Consumption Commitments and Risk Preferences
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (2), 831-877 View citations (257)
    See also Working Paper Consumption Commitments and Risk Preferences, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
46. Interest Rates, Irreversibility, and Backward-Bending Investment
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2007, 74, (1), 67-91 View citations (13)
47. The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 113-118 View citations (215)
    See also Working Paper The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion: Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (209) (2007)

2006

48. A New Method of Estimating Risk Aversion
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (5), 1821-1834 View citations (402)
    See also Working Paper A New Method of Estimating Risk Aversion, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (25) (2003)
49. A general formula for the optimal level of social insurance
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (10-11), 1879-1901 View citations (271)
    See also Working Paper A General Formula for the Optimal Level of Social Insurance, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
50. Consumption smoothing and the welfare consequences of social insurance in developing economies
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (12), 2351-2356 View citations (111)
    See also Working Paper Consumption Smoothing and the Welfare Consequences of Social Insurance in Developing Economies, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (9) (2005)
51. The Effects of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut on Corporate Behavior: Interpreting the Evidence
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 124-129 View citations (42)

2005

52. Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (3), 791-833 View citations (270)
    See also Working Paper Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (3) (2004)

Books

2022

1. Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth
   (Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth)
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (5)
   Also in NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (5)

Chapters

2021

1. Introduction to "Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth"
   A chapter in Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth, 2021, pp 1-15

2020

2. Determinants of prosocial behaviour - Lessons from an experiment with referees at the Journal of Public Economics
   Chapter 1 in Publishing and Measuring Success in Economics, 2020, vol. 1, pp 83-90

2012

3. Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2012, Volume 27, 2012, pp 1-56 View citations (203)
   See also Journal Article Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities, University of Chicago Press (2013) View citations (200) (2013)
   Working Paper Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities, Harvard University Department of Economics (2013) View citations (202) (2013)

2010

4. Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance
   A chapter in Income Taxation, Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (TAPES), 2010, pp 85-114 View citations (84)
   See also Working Paper Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance, Harvard University Department of Economics (2010) View citations (84) (2010)
   Journal Article Optimal Taxation and Social Insurance with Endogenous Private Insurance, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (85) (2010)

2007

5. Comment on "Policy Options for Financing Future Health and Long-Term Care Costs in Japan"
   A chapter in Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia, 2007, pp 444-445
6. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
   A chapter in Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia, 2007, pp 99-121 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (10) (2005)