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Economic Findings

Finding•Mar 22, 2023
A Trajectories-Based Approach to Measuring Intergenerational Mobility
Yoosoon Chang, Steven N. Durlauf, Seunghee Lee, Joon Y. Park
Researchers have long looked to parental income as a key factor in determining intergenerational mobility....
Topics:
Economic Mobility & Poverty

Finding•Mar 21, 2023
Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment After Loss of Ability
Anders Humlum, Jakob R. Munch, Pernille Plato
Human capital was first popularized by Gary Becker, who compared individuals’ investments in education and...
Topics:
Employment & Wages
Video
Insights / Video
EDE Highlights Video
The University of Chicago’s Expanding Diversity in Economics (EDE) Summer Institute was launched in...

Insights / Video
Innovations in Market Design
In the twenty years since UChicago’s Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer proposed Advanced Market Commitments...
Podcasts
Insights / Podcast episode•Mar 21, 2023
Social Media Algorithms: How You’re Curating a Biased News Feed
Tess Vigeland, Sendhil Mullainathan
Social media behaviors, moving at an ever faster pace, may not reflect what users really...
Topics:
Technology & Innovation
Insights / Podcast episode•Mar 07, 2023
Evaluating US Healthcare 3 Years after Lockdown
Tess Vigeland, Katherine Baicker
At the third anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns, this episode takes a look at ongoing healthcare...
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