National Bureau of Economic Research

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NBER’s Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Economic Mobility, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, enables an outstanding early-career economist to visit NBER’s Cambridge headquarters for one year of intensive research on economic aspects of income and wealth mobility, broadly defined. The fellow will also help to support, and participate in, the NBER Study Group on Economic Mobility. Potential research topics might include measurement of mobility; the effects of health, labor market, and family structure shocks on mobility; and links between public policies and mobility. Applications from researchers who are just completing their PhDs, as well as from junior faculty members who may be able to combine this fellowship with an early career leave, are welcome.

One fellowship will be awarded for academic year 2020-2021. It will provide a stipend of $90,000, reimbursement for health insurance, a travel and research allowance, and an office at the NBER. Fellowship related activities are expected to represent the fellow’s primary responsibility during the year.

Applicants must have completed their PhD by June, 2020. NBER strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans. The NBER may be able to sponsor the fellowship recipients for a J-1 visa under its research scholars program.