JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017

World Bank Group

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Poverty and Equity Global Practice
South Asia
Poverty Economist Consultant

JOE ID Number: 2017-01_111457598
Date Posted: 03/03/2017
Date Inactive: 03/31/2017
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Poverty Economist Consultant
Section: Other Nonacademic (Temporary, Part-Time, Non-Salaried, Consulting, Etc.)
Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
O -- Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
C2 -- Single Equation Models; Single Variables
Keywords:
Development Economics, Applied Econometrics
Salary Range: $225 to $300 per day, net of tax
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The South Asia Regional Data Team of the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice invites applications for a Poverty Economist Consultant. The position is for 150 days, starting around April 1, 2017, and requires strong econometric and writing skills, as well as in-depth experience using STATA to analyze household surveys. The consultant will be primarily work on two research projects. The first involves better understanding the relationship between nutrition, calories consumed, and poverty. This will require imputing a consumption measure into DHS surveys for Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The second project involves using ancillary data to estimate recent trends in poverty in India. The consultancy is expected to last through December 2017. The ideal candidate can work in Washington DC and is an excellent programmer with experience in econometric modelling. Familiarity with data from relevant countries, or the DHS surveys, is a plus. He or she is either a recent PhD, or a graduating PhD student with advisor approval, from a highly ranked department in economics, statistics, or related field.

Interested candidates should submit their CV, a sample .do file, a writing sample, and 3 reference letters through the JOE no later than March 17, 2017.

Application Requirements:
  • Questions for Candidates
  • Letters of Reference
  • Job Market Paper
  • CV
Application deadline: 03/17/2017
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