📷 Breaking down barriers to college access is crucial. Our research with CA Student Aid Commission, Jesse Rothstein, Elizabeth Linos and Dr. Vikash - race matters - Reddy explores the impact of nudges on financial aid uptake among CA high school seniors. 📷

Nonpublic data on SAT scores helped launch Institute advisor + UC Berkeley prof Jesse Rothstein’s economics career. Now Rothstein spearheads effort at California Policy Lab to democratize access, offering researchers a faster way to connect ideas w/ good data.  bit.ly/443rHNS

Much of Jesse Rothstein's research, like much of current econ research, requires special types of data, like workers’ UI records. Now he leads 'an effort to try to create a path to access the data that isn’t specific to somebody who has connections.” bit.ly/443rHNS

'The economists Jack Liebersohn and Jesse Rothstein
find that mobility rates fell for homeowners with mortgages in 2022 and 2023, at a time when there were no comparable declines in mobility for homeowners without mortgages or for renters.' nytimes.com/2024/04/15/ups…… (1/2)

Black workers in large US cities live closer to jobs and “good” jobs than whites, suggesting that spatial mismatch is unlikely to be a major source of racial earnings gaps, from David Card, Jesse Rothstein, and Moises Yi nber.org/papers/w32252

Just posted: we're hiring a Research Assistant or Associate on our UC Berkeley team to support research on criminal justice, education, employment, health, and the safety-net. Please help get the word out by sharing with your networks capolicylab.org/careers/resear… #JobAlert #UCBerkeley

It was great talking with Jesse Rothstein about National Academies committee looking at intergenerational poverty. One takeaway: to be able to evaluate effective programs & policies across generations and decades, well-designed data collection is key. Listen: irp.wisc.edu/resource/jesse…

ICYMI: Last month we welcomed Kosali Simon @IUONeillSchool, Jesse Rothstein UC Berkeley, & Ayse Imrohoroglu USC Marshall School of Business to the Institute Advisory Board. Our advisors help connect the Institute with leading-edge research on economic opportunity and inclusion across disciplines.

'[More pilots] will shed little or no lighton anylong-term effects, suchas those operating through human capital accumulation, or on the psychological and political effects of universality.'

-Hilary Hoynes & Jesse Rothstein

U.C. graduate student focused on policy-relevant research? California Policy Lab's Seed Grants + Graduate Fellowships can support your work.
The next application deadline is March 31st:
Seed Grants: capolicylab.org/data-resources…
Grad Fellowships: capolicylab.org/data-resources…

So, I have said this before, but this time it is REALLY the LAST NBER ECONOMIC MOBILITY Conference 9/27/2024!

A great conference on economic mobility, broadly defined. All fields welcome, and Jr. folks should definitely apply!

Submissions due 7/18.
nber.org/calls-papers-a….

Passionate about improving programs that serve millions of Californians every year? Join us! We're hiring our next Development Director - a key role that makes this work possible. Take a look and please share with your networks:
capolicylab.org/careers/develo…

The #CalGrant helps low-income California students go to 4-year colleges. Can simplified letters increase the take-up of this scholarship? Lean more from an #RCT led by J-PAL affiliated researchers Jesse Rothstein & Elizabeth Linos: povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/imp…

📢CPL's Undergraduate Summer Institute application is now open! Please help get the word out to UC undergraduate students interested in research, data, and public policy: capolicylab.org/careers/cpl-un… 🧵 (1/3)

We are thrilled to announce three new members are joining the Institute Advisory Board in 2024. Welcome Kosali Simon @IUONeillSchool, Jesse Rothstein UC Berkeley, and Ayse Imrohoroglu USC Marshall School of Business! bit.ly/495phAi

Please help get the word out about 2 new openings:
1) Predoctoral research assistant with Jesse Rothstein: capolicylab.org/careers/predoc…
2) U.C. Graduate Student Researcher (part hybrid, part in-office in Sacramento): capolicylab.org/careers/gradua…

I am hiring a predoc to work with me at UC Berkeley. Anticipated start this summer.

eml.berkeley.edu/~jrothst/Roths…

Please circulate widely! This is a great role for someone considering grad school in the quantitative social sciences. Diverse candidates welcome.

Attention all early-career researchers in labor economics (broadly defined): You should sign up for mentoring with the Society of Labor Economists. It is a great lineup of mentors (including me and Jesse Rothstein)--we can't wait to meet you!

sole-jole.org/mentoring#:~:t….