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new delhi , india macarthur -lrb- 2013 -rrb- fellowship -lrb- 2012 -rrb- john bates clark medal united states -lrb- naturalized -rrb- raj chetty
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raj chetty

nadarajan `` raj '' chetty -lrb- born august 4 , 1979 -rrb- is an indian american economist .
he is a professor of economics at stanford university , specializing in the field of public economics .
some of chetty 's recent papers have studied equality of opportunity in the united states and the long-term impact of teachers on students ' performance .
chetty previously taught at harvard university , where he was offered tenure at the age of 28 and accepted at 29 , becoming one of the youngest tenured faculty in the history of harvard 's economics department .
he is a recipient of the john bates clark medal and a 2012 macarthur fellow .
currently , he is also an editor of the journal of public economics .
