UC Berkeley

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The California Policy Lab (CPL) generates research insights for government impact. Through hands-on partnerships with government agencies, CPL performs rigorous research across issue silos and builds the data infrastructure necessary to improve programs and policies that millions of Californians rely on every day. We work on issues including homelessness, poverty, criminal justice reform, and education inequality.

CPL has built one of the country’s most detailed and important datasets covering the financial status of Californians and Americans. The University of California Consumer Credit Panel (UC-CCP) was launched in 2020 and now hosts dozens of active projects. The Researcher will manage and implement CPL’s work on the UC-CCP, including leading CPL’s research using the UC-CCP, consulting with data users about project feasibility and how best to use the data, curating the data, improving the data and its documentation, monitoring data linkages, and overseeing the UC-CCP application process.

For more information about the position, including required qualifications, go to: https://www.capolicylab.org/careers/researcher/

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

CPL will be available for informational interviews at ASSA. Email evanbwhite@berkeley.edu for info.