JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017

Johns Hopkins University

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Carey Business School, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Whiting School of Engineering
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Experiments for Business and Policy

JOE ID Number: 2017-01_111457633
Date Posted: 03/06/2017
Date Inactive: 07/31/2017
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Experiments for Business and Policy
Section: US: Other Academic (Visiting or Temporary)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
C9 -- Design of Experiments
D -- Microeconomics
Keywords:
Experiments
Behavioral Science
Causal Inference
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Paul Ferraro (http://carey.jhu.edu/faculty-research/directory/paul-j-ferraro-phd) invites applicants for a post-doctoral fellow position that begins between 7/1 and 9/1/17. Position is full-time, up to two years.

The fellow is expected to work as a collaborator with a network of scholars using experiments to inform behavioral science, business and public policy, particularly in the environmental domain. Duties include designing and implementing field and lab experiments, analyzing experimental and observational data, and writing scholarly articles and grant proposals. One day/week dedicated to helping Carey Business School behavioral faculty with planning and logistics of laboratory experiments.

Candidates must have excellent oral and written English communication skills, an ability to communicate to both scholarly and practitioner audiences, a PhD in any of the behavioral sciences, experience designing, programming and running experiments, and substantial statistical expertise. Expertise in causal inference from non-experimental data desired. Successful candidates expected to have a PhD by 7/1/17.

Applicants should submit CV, three letters of references, one research paper, and a cover letter indicating how the position requirements are satisfied. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. No applications will be accepted after 11:59 pm ET, Friday, 31 March 2017

Application Requirements:
  • Letters of Reference
  • Job Market Paper
  • CV
  • Cover Letter
Application deadline: 03/31/2017
  • Application Deadline Has Passed