Harvard’s Chetty Cited by Obama Wins Clark Young Economist Award

Raj Chetty, a Harvard University professor whose work on education has been cited by President Barack Obama, won the John Bates Clark young economist award.

“Raj Chetty is a remarkably productive economist whose contributions assimilate evidence using a variety of methodological perspectives to shed new light on important public policy questions,” the American Economic Association said in a statement today announcing the award. “He has established himself in a few short years as arguably the best applied microeconomist of his generation.”