Raj Chetty on Teachers, Social Mobility, and How to Find Answers to Big Questions
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Econometric Roots and Innovation in Social Mobility Research
This chapter dives into the upbringing of a guest's economist father and the guest's early exposure to statistics and programming. It explores their transition from biomedical science to statistics, sharing experiences in high school and graduate school. The guest explains their innovative research approach in economics, using large data sets to study social problems and emphasizing the importance of iterative processes and conceptual advances in achieving impactful insights.
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