Raj Chetty | |
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| Born | Nadarajan Chetty August 4, 1979 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Public economics |
| Institution | Stanford University Harvard University University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Feldstein, Lawrence F. Katz[1] |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (2012) John Bates Clark Medal (2013) Infosys Prize (2020) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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]
- ^ Chetty, Nadarajan (2003). Consumption commitments, risk preferences, and optimal unemployment insurance (PhD). Harvard University. OCLC 85212279. ProQuest 305332512.
- ^ Chetty, Raj. "RajChetty.com". Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "The Equality of Opportunity Project". www.equality-of-opportunity.org.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2012 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' Winners". 1 October 2012. AP. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Journal of Public Economics".
- ^ "Infosys Laureate - Social Sciences (2020) ~ Raj Chetty". Infosys Science Foundation.