Opportunity Lab

Based @UCBerkeley, O-Lab generates rigorous evidence to inform social policy & advance economic opportunity.

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

📣 O-Lab is now on Bluesky! Follow us there to receive research updates on topics including economic mobility, climate change, criminal justice reform, and more: https://t.co/o5dCkWTc3N

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

The most important source of racial disparities in criminal court outcomes are punitive practice + laws, rather than biased actors, finds a @nberpubs #workingpaper from Steve Raphael & coauthors: https://t.co/104CJWDG1v

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

As part of O-Lab’s portfolio of regional economic development work, research from @ValerieBoctor of @berkeleyecon has found that mortgage forbearance policies may prevent waves of default during economic shocks.

🗺️Explore more Place-Based Policy: https://t.co/Fet5lOd1qf

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

How do homeownership subsidies impact labor market outcomes across different demographic groups? @JiFuenzalida of @berkeleyecon’s #JMP, supported by O-Lab’s Place-Based Policy Initiative, explores this question in the Chilean context: https://t.co/DRDgUFNhQB

[Joaquín Fuenzalida @JiFuenzalida]

I’m on the #EconJobMarket !
In my #JMP I study the impact of a homebuyer subsidy on children

Findings
✅(+) Improved grades and test scores
✅(-) absenteeism and retention
✅(+) Preschool and college

Mechanisms
✅housing stability + parental engagement
❌school or nhd quality

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

❤️‍🩹As Los Angeles recovers from unprecedented wildfires, California's insurance landscape reveals a complex challenge for housing accessibility, highlights Meredith Fowlie @AreBerkeley in The Indicator from @planetmoney: https://t.co/w2WkyrpYOB

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

🚉How will California’s High-Speed Rail (HSR) project generate economic benefits as it is constructed — and who will those benefits accrue to?

📖In two UCOP briefs, Cecile Gaubert + co-authors present key findings on the project:
https://t.co/Hrn8VcfPX6
https://t.co/HEpxbKSLo6

[Zach Parolin @ZParolin]

What did we learn from the 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion? What's next for the CTC? Join us online on Jan. 30 for this @hamiltonproj event to discuss findings from our recent ANNALS volume w/ @HilaryHoynes & @MeganACurran. See the all-star lineup below! https://t.co/DH4I6JQO7X

[The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproj]

What were the effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion? Hear from @WendyEdelberg, @HilaryHoynes, @BobGreensteinDC, @MichaelRStrain, @ElaineMaag, and @bl_hardy on 1/30. RSVP here: https://t.co/SKlFJ6SLKj

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

With the support of O-Lab’s Place-Based Policy Initiative, @ChiaraMotta8 of @BerkeleyHaas is using Italian data on stimulus payments to firms from 1996 - 2007 to identify effects on competition + local economic outcomes.

🔗Learn more about the initiative: https://t.co/Fet5lOdzfN

[California Policy Lab @CAPolicyLab]

New research: How did community college enrollment and #CalFresh benefits eligibility change during the COVID-19 pandemic? https://t.co/wi1xtpOp6P 🧵 (1/6)

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

🔋🚗What equity gaps persist in CA’s #EV charging infrastructure, and which policy tools can best address these gaps?

Ari Ball-Burack of @ERGBerkeley is leveraging geospatial data to inform decarbonization efforts, supported by O-Lab + @energyathaas👉https://t.co/MygWZwfqAR

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

Large cities’ higher wages are primarily driven by sorting + skill-matching, but on average, the wage premium associated with moving to a larger city is offset completely by housing costs, finds research from @rothstein_jesse, David Card, & Moises Yi: https://t.co/uVzYBsL2Xl

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

With the support of O-Lab + @energyathaas Initiative on Equity in Energy and Environmental Economics, @YuShuo528 of @AreBerkeley + her undergraduate mentees are researching how regenerative agricultural practices can⬆️carbon soil sequestration: https://t.co/02WJSqFJB2

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

🏘️ Public housing can significantly improve long-run outcomes for children, find O-Lab Fellow Raheem Chaudhry + Amanda Eng of @uscensusbureau. The authors' latest working paper estimates $1.40 in benefits to children for each $1 spent: https://t.co/P7oWH25Yk9

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

How can farm-to-school programs affect the diffusion of climate-smart practices? @SunnyMitter of @AreBerkeley is exploring this question with the support of O-Lab + @energyathaas's Initiative on Equity in Energy and Environmental Economics.

🔗Learn more: https://t.co/02WJSqFJB2

[Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) @CEGA_UC]

Don’t miss this year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture in the Social Sciences on 11/19 — where Faculty co-Director @tedmiguel will present new evidence from a large-scale household census in Kenya.

This in-person event is open to the public — register here: https://t.co/1XXWNskY0D

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

We're happy to hear that Pat Kline of @berkeleyecon is lending his expertise to @ecmaEditors!🌟

[Econometrica @ecmaEditors]

We are excited to announce that Patrick Kline (UC Berkeley) started as coeditor October 1st. His wide-ranging expertise in Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics more broadly, and Applied Econometrics will add great value to the editorial board. Read more https://t.co/UGAQz0ipke

[IRLE UC Berkeley @IRLEUCB]

🍟 What's the impact of California’s $20 #minimumwage for fast food workers?

A new report from Michael Reich and @dsosinskiy finds the sectoral wage-setting policy yielded higher pay, no changes in job numbers, and modest price increases.

https://t.co/DXl6UTcdEN

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[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

The latest installment of @GoldmanSchool’s “Five Questions for Faculty” highlights the expertise of Faculty Director @HilaryHoynes in the context of the upcoming election.

🗳️ Learn how the election could shape the future of the US social safety net: https://t.co/8tdubm5Tdy

[Opportunity Lab @Berkeley_OLab]

“This has long-run negative educational + labor market ramifications for the Black and Hispanic students who get pushed out of these more selective schools.”

ICYMI, listen to @zbleemer discuss the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action in NPR: https://t.co/oxW04Y9naN