Mobility and Opportunity with David Williams
Vice President, Research & Modeling*
Mobility and Opportunity with David Williams
Steve Guggenmos and Corey Aber
How can we use big data to improve upward mobility in America? In this episode, Steve and Corey talk with David Williams, director of Policy Outreach at Opportunity Insights – a research and public policy lab at Harvard University that is dedicated to identifying economic and social mobility opportunities. Together, they discuss recent initiatives that help identify barriers to economic opportunity and empower people to rise out of poverty and achieve better life outcomes.
- Chapter 1: 0:00 - 4:00 – Background on Opportunity Insights
- Chapter 2: 4:00 - 17:30 – Economic mobility and big data
- Chapter 3: 17:30 - 21:30 – King County example
- Chapter 4: 21:30 - 28:00 – Barriers to moving to opportunity
- Chapter 5: 28:00 - 33:30 – Furthering opportunity by staying in place
- Chapter 6: 33:30 - 37:30 – COVID impacts: education and low-income
- Chapter 7: 37:30 - end – How housing plays into the recovery
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