JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2018 - July 31, 2018

The Humane League

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Humane League Labs
Economist

JOE ID Number: 2018-01_111459878
Date Posted: 02/13/2018
Date Inactive: 07/31/2018
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
00 -- Default: Any Field
C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
Keywords:
Agricultural Economics
Animal Welfare
Econometrics
Statistics
Behavioral Economics
Impact Evaluation
Salary Range: $52,000-$66,000

Status Update: Position has been filled
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Humane League Labs is seeking an economist to help guide farm animal advocacy through observational and experimental research. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of behavioral economics, agricultural economics and econometrics to plan, design, and conduct studies assessing the feasibility, impact, costs and benefits of advocacy options.

Primary responsibilities include the development and implementation of procedures for acquiring and analyzing economic data; use of econometric modeling and insights from agricultural economics to develop forecasts; analysis of the impact of campaigns for improved animal welfare policies along with counterfactual analyses; generation of viable hypotheses based in behavioral economics and the development of experiments to test them against animal-centric metrics.

Required qualifications include: an undergraduate or a graduate degree in economics, public policy or a related field (a PhD is desirable, though not required); knowledge of and experience working with research methods and philosophies in the relevant subfields of economics; strong aptitude for mathematical reasoning; and, an abiding commitment to the mission of The Humane League.

Humane League Labs is the research arm of The Humane League, a growing international non-profit dedicated to farm animal advocacy. Our mission is to inform advocacy strategies through actionable research on their effectiveness.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
Application Instructions:
Please click on the URL provided to submit your curriculum vitae (as a pdf file) and a cover letter (as a pdf file). In your cover letter, please explain why you would like to work on research in farm animal advocacy.