Behavioral Choice, Upward Mobility & Labor Economics
Cognitive heuristics, nudges, neighborhood causal inference, and gender history
Unites Nobel lectures by Daniel Kahneman, Richard Thaler, and Claudia Goldin with Raj Chetty's Harvard big-data empirical research on economic opportunity.
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Curriculum sequence
5Step 1·Princeton University·Daniel Kahneman· 1:02:26
Thinking, Fast and Slow: Heuristics, Biases, and Judgment Under Uncertainty
Contrasts fast intuitive heuristics with slow deliberative reasoning under uncertainty.
Step 2·University of Chicago·Richard H. Thaler· 49:45
Nobel Lecture: From Cashews to Nudges — The Evolution of Behavioral Economics
Traces how mental accounting, self-control limits, and choice architecture reshaped public policy.
Lecture 01 The Geography of Upward Mobility in America
Maps census-scale intergenerational income mobility across American zip codes.
Lecture 02 Causal Effects of Neighborhoods
Isolates causal childhood neighborhood effects using quasi-experimental family moves.
Step 5·Harvard University·Claudia Goldin· 31:17
Nobel Lecture: An Evolving Economic Force — Women in the Labor Market
Synthesizes two centuries of archival data on women's labor participation, education, and earnings.