The covid recovery still has a K shape (Opportunity Insights cited)
May 5, 2021 CNBC
This article draws on data by Opportunity Insights, co-directed by John Friedman.
John N. Friedman
John N. Friedman
Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs
Biography
John N. Friedman is a professor of economics and international affairs and public policy at Brown University. He is also a founding co-director of Opportunity Insights at Harvard University, a research and policy institute using big data to understand the forces influencing upward mobility and develop scalable policy solution to increase it. Friedman's research has yielded policy-relevant insights on a wide range of topics, including education access and quality, taxation, healthcare, and data privacy. His work has appeared in top academic journals as well as in major media outlets. His most well-known papers estimate the effects of childhood influences (including neighborhoods, teacher and education quality, and access to higher education) on long-term outcomes such as earnings and incarceration. Friedman served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council in the White House from 2013-2014. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Co-Editor of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Publications
"The SOI Databank: A case study in leveraging administrative data in support of evidence-based policymaking," w/ Raj Chetty, Emmanuel Saez, and Danny Yagan. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 99-103 (2018).
"The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility," w/ Raj Chetty, Nathan Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter. NBER Working Paper Series, no. 25147, 10/01/2018, Non-Peer Reviewed, In Revision.
“Identification and Inference with Many Invalid Instruments” w/ Michal Kolesar, Raj Chetty, Edward L. Glaeser and Guido W. Imbens (2013) Revise and resubmit at JBES
“Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Estimating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates.” w/ Raj Chetty and Jonah Rockoff
American Economic Review, Vol. 104 (9), pp. 2593-2632 (2014)
“Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood.” w/ Raj Chetty and Jonah Rockoff
American Economic Review, Vol. 104 (9), pp. 2633-2679 (2014)
“Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-Out in Retirement Savings: Evidence from Denmark” w/ Raj Chetty, Soren Leth-Petersen, Torben H. Nielsen, and Tore Olsen. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 129(3), (2014)
“Using Differences in Knowledge Across Neighborhood to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings” w/ Raj Chetty and Emmanuel Saez. American Economic Review, Vol. 103 (7), pp. 2683-2721 (2013)
"How Does Your Kindergarten Class Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project STAR" w/ Raj Chetty, Nate Hilger, Emmanuel Saez, Diane Schanzenbach, and Danny Yagan. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 126 (4), pp. 1593-1660 (2011)
“Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Denmark” w/ Raj Chetty, Tore Olsen, and Luigi Pistaferri. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 126 (2), pp. 749-804 (2011)
Teaching
MPA 2455 Statistics for Public Policy
Talks & Media
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Are America's colleges promoting social mobility? - APM Reports
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America, Land of Equal Opportunity? Still Not There - Bloomberg
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The Ivy League Students Least Likely to Get Married - The Upshot
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Higher Ed and the American Dream - Inside Higher Ed
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Top public universities are shutting out poor students, report says - Washington Post
News|Recent News
Letter: Biden is breaking from the neoliberal playbook (written by Chase Foster)
April 28, 2021 Financial Times
Chase Foster penned this letter on why economic liberalization often leads to higher government spending.
Did emergency PPP loans work? Nearly $800 billion later, we still don't know (commentary by John Friedman)
April 27, 2021 NPR
John Friedman on NPR, "We really underestimated the ability of lots of not-in-person service businesses to not only continue doing what they're doing, but even do more of it."
CA bill would nail those who can least afford the most expensive energy in the U.S.A. (John Friedman cited)
April 13, 2021 CFACT
This article references a new labor data analysis by John Friedman.
Biden Seeks to Reverse Decades of Disparity in Next Economy Move (commentary by John Friedman)
March 30, 2021 Bloomberg
John Friedman in Bloomberg, "It’s not just that there’s growing inequality from an ex-post perspective, but there’s tremendous inequality of opportunity."
Some $1,400 stimulus checks went to people who didn’t need them. Experts say that may be OK (John Friedman cited)
March 26, 2021 CNBC
This article references the findings of Opportunity Insights, co-directed by John Friedman.
Congress backed a trillion-dollar job-saving program. ‘No one really knows’ if it’s working. (commentary by John Friedman)
March 26, 2021 Politico
John Friedman in Politico, "This money could have been spent in other, better ways to support families during the pandemic or address the public health issues."