We are excited to announce that Opportunity Insights will host its fourth annual conference on economic mobility. This event will explore the determinants of economic opportunity and intergenerational mobility across various areas within economics and other social science disciplines. We aim to bring together scholars with diverse disciplinary and research perspectives on these issues. This is an excellent opportunity for both junior and senior scholars to share their work.
To be considered, please submit a paper or an extended abstract by August 1, 2025.
The conference will feature opening remarks by Raj Chetty and a keynote address by David Autor and will take place at our offices in Cambridge, MA, on October 9-10, 2025. Opportunity Insights will cover travel and accommodation costs for presenters of accepted papers.
Jamie Fogel, Ines Guix, Jim Reisinger, and Matthew Staiger are organizing the conference. For any questions, please contact Matthew at [email protected].
Submit a Paper or Extended Abstract
The program for last year’s conference can be found here.
KEYNOTE TALK BY DAVID AUTOR
David Autor is the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in the MIT Department of Economics, codirector of the NBER Labor Studies Program and the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. His scholarship explores the labor-market impacts of technological change and globalization on job polarization, skill demands, earnings levels and inequality, and electoral outcomes.
Autor has received numerous awards for both his scholarship—the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the Sherwin Rosen Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of Labor Economics, the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2019, the Society for Progress Medal in 2021—and for his teaching, including the MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellowship. In 2020, Autor received the Heinz 25th Special Recognition Award from the Heinz Family Foundation for his work “transforming our understanding of how globalization and technological change are impacting jobs and earning prospects for American workers.” In 2023, Autor was selected as one of two researchers across all scientific fields a NOMIS Distinguished Scientist. In 2024, Autor was one of five senior scholars selected by the Schmidt Sciences Foundation as an AI2050 Senior Fellow.