University of California, Los Angeles

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The California Center for Population Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, invites applications for two renewable 2-year post-doctoral fellowships starting September 2024. The two postdoctoral scholars will collaborate with Martha Bailey and project collaborators on either (1) the Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Microdata (LIFE-M) project (www.life-m.org) or (2) the Michigan Contraceptive Access Research and Evaluation (M-CARES) project (www.m-carestudy.org). In addition to collaborating with the project team to conduct data analyses and writing manuscripts and research proposals, the positions also include working with staff programmers and research assistants supporting these activities.

Requirements for the position are a Ph.D. in Economics, Public Policy, or a closely related field with related research interests; strong writing and econometric skills; and excellent skills in team collaboration. For the LIFE-M postdoc, previous research or experience in data science and machine learning, historical demography, applied statistics or econometrics, and strong programming skills are strongly preferred.


The University of California is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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