Raj Chetty

Raj Chetty
Born
Nadarajan Chetty

(1979-08-04) August 4, 1979 (age 45)
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic career
FieldPublic economics
InstitutionStanford University
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral
advisor
Martin Feldstein, Lawrence F. Katz[1]
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (2012)
John Bates Clark Medal (2013)
Infosys Prize (2020)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Websitewww.rajchetty.com Edit this at Wikidata

Nadarajan "Raj" Chetty (born August 4, 1979) is an Indian-American economist who is the William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard University.[2] Some of Chetty's recent papers have studied equality of opportunity in the United States[3] and the long-term impact of teachers on students' performance.[4] Offered tenure at the age of 28, Chetty became one of the youngest tenured faculty in the history of Harvard's economics department. He is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow.[5] Currently, he is also an advisory editor of the Journal of Public Economics.[6] In 2020, he was awarded the Infosys Prize in Economics, the highest monetary award recognizing achievements in science and research, in India.[7]

  1. ^ Chetty, Nadarajan (2003). Consumption commitments, risk preferences, and optimal unemployment insurance (PhD). Harvard University. OCLC 85212279. ProQuest 305332512.
  2. ^ Chetty, Raj. "RajChetty.com". Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ "The Equality of Opportunity Project". www.equality-of-opportunity.org.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "2012 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' Winners". 1 October 2012. AP. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Journal of Public Economics".
  7. ^ "Infosys Laureate - Social Sciences (2020) ~ Raj Chetty". Infosys Science Foundation.