JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
H2 -- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
L1 -- Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
E0 -- General
E6 -- Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
J7 -- Labor Discrimination
O3 -- Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
O4 -- Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
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Full Text of JOE Listing:
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a non-profit, non-partisan grant-making and research center dedicated to exploring the relationship between economic inequality and economic growth in the United States.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Soliciting and reviewing proposals for Equitable Growth's annual competitive grant program and commissioned research series.
- Attending academic conferences and maintaining relationships with the academic community and other professional economists and policymakers.
- Selecting topics and providing intellectual leadership for one to two major academic and policy conferences, workshops, or similar events per year.
- Coordinating Equitable Growth's academic seminar or working paper series.
- Representing Equitable Growth to the media, policymakers, and other outside stakeholders.
- Contributing to Equitable Growth's long-term strategic planning and helping determine internal research priorities.
- Undertaking independent projects and partnering with other scholars to research issues related to economic inequality, economic growth, and public policy.
Qualifications and requirements:
- Ph.D. in economics or related field.
- Strong understanding of the academic community.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Application Requirements:
- Application Instructions Below