JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019

National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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Research
Full-Time Economics Research Assistant Position

JOE ID Number: 2018-02_111461754
Date Posted: 11/09/2018
Date Inactive: 01/31/2019
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Full-Time Economics Research Assistant Position
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
J6 -- Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
O4 -- Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
N1 -- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations
N6 -- Manufacturing and Construction
N9 -- Regional and Urban History
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Full Text of JOE Listing:

Professor Costas Arkolakis at Yale University and Ph.D. Candidate Sun Kyoung Lee at Columbia University are seeking a Full-Time research assistant for 1 to 2 years, beginning as soon as possible. We work on a number of projects related to economic geography using machine-learning, big data and digitized historical data.

You will work on projects related to spatial economics. The work will be highly empirical nature, and require coding in PYTHON, STATA, MATLAB, and R as well as Latex formatting. The position will be active from Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019 but start, end dates and duration are negotiable. We are looking for candidates post-undergraduate who intend to pursue a PhD in economics or a related field. A Bachelor’s degree is required.

Start Date – Jan 1, 2019 (negotiable) Location – New Haven, CT

Application deadline: Dec 20th, 2018

To Apply

Please scan into one pdf document and upload into the online application at:
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=62bc21f7-1c83-4bca-8f15-c70a9edae2c5&jobId=237048&lang=en_US&source=CC3&ccId=19000101_000001

1) A 1-page statement describing your qualifications and interest in spatial economics research
2) Your resume
3) An official or unofficial transcript with highlights of relevant course/training

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 01/31/2019