Professor Raj Chetty delivering the 2016 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures: The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility

There is considerable geographical variation in the opportunities available to disadvantaged children in the United States, according to research by Raj Chetty, who delivered the 2016 Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures at LSE. Maria Molina-Domene talked to him about his findings, the use of big data and the implications for policy.

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13 December 2016     Paper Number CEPCP492

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