Research brief summarizing work by O-Lab affiliate Christopher Walters (UC Berkeley), Guthrie Gray-Lobe (University of Chicago), and Parag Pathak (MIT).
Chris Walters on The Power of Pre-K
Chris Walters’ research on the longterm effects of universal pre-school was recently featured in the New York Times. The study showed that winners of the pre-school lottery in Boston had lower incarceration rates and higher rates of college enrollment, although evidence for better test scores was mixed.
Labor Science in Healthcare and Education Research
This virtual presentation series assembles researchers in healthcare and education policy to present work from the Opportunity Lab’s Labor Science Initiative, providing the opportunity for researchers to exchange insights from exploring issues of inequality and opportunity using new data science tools.