Matthew Jacob

Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in Public Policy (Economics Track) at the Harvard Kennedy School. My research interests are in public and labor economics, with a focus on housing, intergenerational mobility and social capital.

I am an NBER Graduate Fellow in Consumer Financial Management, a Meyer Fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, a Contingent Worker in the Central Applied Science team at Meta, and a Graduate Affiliate at Opportunity Insights.