Building evidence on new pathways for economic opportunity
Key takeaways from O-Lab's inaugural Applied Microeconomics Conference on Economic Opportunity, which provided a forum for UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students to present, discuss, and explore new work on poverty and economic opportunity.
The case for place-based policies
New findings on racial equity in UI + tax credits
Event recordings from O-Lab’s Dec. 1 webinar, New findings on racial equity in UI + tax credits.
The future of SNAP & the US social safety net
Event recordings from The Future of SNAP & The US Social Safety Net.
Lessons from the 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion
Blog post in collaboration with The Urban Institute, summarizing key takeaways from O-Lab’s convening on Enhancing Child Well-Being with Cash Assistance.
2023 Place-Based Policy Convening
Event recordings from the 2023 Convening on Regional Inequality & Place-Based Policy.
The long-term economic impacts of federal employment segregation
Research brief summarizing work by Abhay Aneja and Guo Xu.
The minimum wage: research in review
Promoting economic well-being during COVID-19 through the Unemployment Insurance program
Literature review by Ellora Derenoncourt, Claire Montialoux, and Joseph Broadus.
Perspectives on the impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit
O-Lab Program Manager Joe Broadus, Faculty Director Hilary Hoynes, and colleagues at the Urban Institute share key takeaways from a convening gathering stakeholder input on a new research agenda on child and family economic well-being.
The power of pre-K
Research brief summarizing work by O-Lab affiliate Christopher Walters (UC Berkeley), Guthrie Gray-Lobe (University of Chicago), and Parag Pathak (MIT).
New evidence on racial dimensions of inequality
Program Manager Joe Broadus recaps new student research on how employment policy can advance or reduce racial disparities in the labor market and promote equitable economic growth.
Do financial concerns make workers less productive?
Research brief summarizing work by Supreet Kaur, Sendhil Mullainathan, Suanna Oh, and Frank Schilbach.
An introduction to the Place-Based Policy Initiative
Inequality and Place: Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Place Based Policy is working to build a research ecosystem around our world-class faculty working on issues of local and regional development to contribute new evidence to U.S. anti-poverty and economic mobility strategies.
How the North’s response to the Great Migration undermined Black upward mobility
California housing and homelessness in a post-COVID economy
Labor Science in healthcare and education research
This virtual presentation series assembles researchers in healthcare and education policy to present work from the Opportunity Lab’s Labor Science Initiative, providing the opportunity for researchers to exchange insights from exploring issues of inequality and opportunity using new data science tools.
The minimum wage and racial inequality
Research brief summarizing work by Ellora Derenoncourt and Claire Montialoux.
The Voting Rights Act and US economic inequality
Research brief summarizing work by Abhay P. Aneja and Carlos F. Avenancio-León.