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How have children’s chances of moving up changed over time?
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Maximizing the impacts of our schools and colleges on upward mobility
List of All Papers
Our library of papers, presentations, datasets, and replication code
Neighborhoods
Location matters: from income to health to innovation
Racial Disparities
What factors drive racial differences in economic opportunity?
Other Papers by OI Researchers
Other papers related to economic opportunity by OI researchers
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Opportunity Atlas
Explore Neighborhood-Level Data to Find Solutions to Your Community’s Challenges.
College Mobility Report Cards
Use this tool by the New York Times to explore which colleges and universities are engines of income mobility.
Economic Tracker
Track the economic impacts of COVID-19 on people, businesses, and communities across the United States in real-time.
Downloadable Data Repository
All available data from our published research.

Opportunity Insights supports policymakers, practitioners, and communities to use our research and data to develop evidence-based solutions for improved economic mobility.

Expanding Geographic Choice: Creating Moves to Opportunity
Pilot efforts to identify rigorous and scalable strategies to increase families’ access to high opportunity neighborhoods.
Informing Economic Recovery: Economic Tracker
Work to use real-time, granular data to inform equitable and impactful economic recovery from COVID-19.
Understanding Higher Education: CLIMB Initiative
Partnership with colleges and universities to explore and amplify higher education as a critical engine of mobility.
Supporting Local Communities: Charlotte Opportunity Initiative
Collaboration with local community leaders to support data-driven systems change and identify policy areas with the potential to increase upward mobility in Charlotte.
Data Tools and Learning: Exploring the Opportunity Atlas
A series of instructional videos designed to explain the uses of the Atlas, its underlying data, and how it can help inform solutions to improve economic mobility.

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  • Research
    National Trends
    How have children’s chances of moving up changed over time?
    Education
    Maximizing the impacts of our schools and colleges on upward mobility
    List of All Papers
    Our library of papers, presentations, datasets, and replication code
    Neighborhoods
    Location matters: from income to health to innovation
    Racial Disparities
    What factors drive racial differences in economic opportunity?
    Other Papers by OI Researchers
    Other papers related to economic opportunity by OI researchers
    All Papers
    All of our papers and presentations.
  • Data
    Opportunity Atlas
    Explore Neighborhood-Level Data to Find Solutions to Your Community’s Challenges.
    College Mobility Report Cards
    Use this tool by the New York Times to explore which colleges and universities are engines of income mobility.
    Economic Tracker
    Track the economic impacts of COVID-19 on people, businesses, and communities across the United States in real-time.
    Downloadable Data Repository
    All available data from our published research.
  • Policy Initiatives
    Expanding Geographic Choice: Creating Moves to Opportunity
    Pilot efforts to identify rigorous and scalable strategies to increase families’ access to high opportunity neighborhoods.
    Informing Economic Recovery: Economic Tracker
    Work to use real-time, granular data to inform equitable and impactful economic recovery from COVID-19.
    Understanding Higher Education: CLIMB Initiative
    Partnership with colleges and universities to explore and amplify higher education as a critical engine of mobility.
    Supporting Local Communities: Charlotte Opportunity Initiative
    Collaboration with local community leaders to support data-driven systems change and identify policy areas with the potential to increase upward mobility in Charlotte.
    Data Tools and Learning: Exploring the Opportunity Atlas
    A series of instructional videos designed to explain the uses of the Atlas, its underlying data, and how it can help inform solutions to improve economic mobility.
  • Big Data Course
  • Team
    Our Team
    Meet Opportunity Insights.
    Join Our Team
    Join us in our mission to revive the American Dream.
    Media Toolkit
    Helpful resources for journalists.
    Contact
    Get in touch with us.

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