Congressional Budget Office

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress seeks an economist with training or experience in applied industrial organization, market design, or a related field of microeconomics to assess the effect of various forms of federal involvement in markets for goods and services. Examples of such involvement include systems of bidding by health insurance plans that determine government subsidies, auctions for rights to use portions of the electromagnetic spectrum or to drill for oil and gas, and tradable permit systems for pollution abatement.

Contribute to the full range of CBO’s responsibilities for analyzing policy issues related to health care, health insurance, energy, transportation, and other markets where the government intervenes as a service provider, payer, or regulator. Those responsibilities include identifying data sources to conduct economic analyses, staying abreast of the emerging literature (including theoretical, empirical, and experimental results with practical consequences for policy analysis), and writing CBO reports and testimonies.

Applicants should have either a Ph.D. in economics, strong quantitative skills, and the ability to initiate and complete research projects independently and as part of a team. View requirements and apply online at www.cbo.gov/careers.