UC San Diego

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The Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is pleased to announce a 2-year Postdoctoral appointment with the “Payments and Governance Research Project”. The successful candidate will work with Professors Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar (UVA) to design and initiate new randomized control trials (RCTs) evaluating reforms to the design and delivery of India’s subsidy programs leveraging new biometric payments infrastructure to replace commodity subsidies with income transfers. The position offers the opportunity to join a research partnership with a strong track record of high-quality publication and policy impact; an opportunity to co-author papers; and is designed to help the selected candidate launch a successful academic career with a strong research pipeline.

A Ph.D. in Economics, Public Policy or another quantitative social science field with a focus on development, public, or labor economics is required. The candidate should have demonstrated ability to produce high quality research papers. Significant applied econometrics skills are expected. In addition to candidates with a background in field experiments, and program evaluation, we also encourage applications from candidates with strong training in structural modeling and estimation techniques who are interested in embedding experiments in structural models for better out of sample predictions and welfare estimation. We also highly value strong organizational and people management skills. Experience in developing countries and impact evaluation is a plus.

The two-year position will be based at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Based on mutual agreement the duration can be as short as 15 months or as long as 3 years. The target start date for the position is summer 2019, with some flexibility on the exact start date.
Offer terms will be competitive and designed to attract candidates considering faculty offers at leading research universities. The successful candidate will be a fully integrated member of the UCSD economics community; with 6-10 weeks/year in India as required.

To Apply: submit a cover letter, CV with list of publications, academic transcripts, job market paper and contact information for three recommendations to lmannino@ucsd.edu.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but it is highly recommended that you apply before November 30, 2018 for full consideration. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed at the American Economic Association meetings, and/or over Skype.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.