High-frequency data sources for tracking the U.S. pandemic economy (Opportunity Insights mentioned)
July 31, 2020 Reuters
Opportunity Insights, co-created by John Friedman and other Brown colleagues, is included on this list.
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
Here's why the $600 weekly jobless benefit meant so much to the U.S. economy (Opportunity Insights cited)
July 27, 2020 Star Tribune
This article cites figures from an Opportunity Insights report co-created by John Friedman and other Brown colleagues.
Consumers came back in June, but for how long? (Opportunity Insights cited)
July 17, 2020 New York Times
This article cites figures from an Opportunity Insights report co-created by John Friedman and other Brown colleagues.
New Data Shows RI’s Economy Is Collapsing in Key Sectors, While Small Biz Await Plan From Raimondo (Opportunity Insights cited)
July 13, 2020 GoLocalProv
According to data from Opportunity Insights, co-directed by John Friedman, key sectors of Rhode Island's economy are collapsing and dramatically trail the rest of New England and the country due to the impact of the coronavirus.
US Senate should pass additional school funding to combat 'COVID-19 slide' (Opportunity Insights cited)
July 10, 2020 U.S. News & World Report
This article cites figures from an Opportunity Insights report co-created by John Friedman and other Brown colleagues.
Trump administration open to a second round of stimulus payments. Here's what that could look like (John Friedman cited)
June 25, 2020 CNN
This article references data collected by the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker, co-directed by John Friedman.
Rich Americans cut their spending, and that hurt low-income jobs (John Friedman cited)
June 18, 2020 CNN
This article references data collected by the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker, co-directed by John Friedman.