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August 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019

USDA/Economic Research Service

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Research Economist

JOE ID Number: 2018-02_111460601
Date Posted: 09/11/2018
Date Inactive: 01/31/2019
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Research Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
I -- Health, Education, and Welfare
D -- Microeconomics
F -- International Economics
R -- Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
Keywords:
Applied economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Economic Research Service (ERS), United States Department of Agriculture, anticipates having positions available for applicants with strong research skills. The mission is to inform and enhance public and private decision making on economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development. ERS is a primary source of economic information and research in the USDA. ERS economists conduct timely, policy-relevant research on such issues as childhood obesity, international markets and trade, Asian markets, health and nutrition, prices and industrial organization of food and commodity markets, farming risk and resilience, climate change, rural poverty, bioenergy, big data and behavioral economics. Positions in one or more specializations:
--food safety
--consumer economics (behavioral economics, diet and health);
--food markets, prices, and industrial organization;
--food and nutrition assistance;
--farm income and finance;
--farm production and policy;
--agri-environmental policy;
--land use;
--rural economics;
--trade policy and modeling;
--international trade, food security, and Asian markets;
--food safety;
--risk management; and
--commodity analysis

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 12/14/2018
Application Instructions:
Individuals seeking more information about anticipated openings, informational interviews or postdoctoral opportunities at the ASSA 2019 meeting should send vitas to Careers@ers.usda.gov by Friday, December 14, 2018. Find ERS career announcements at h t t p : / / w w w . e r s . u s d a . g o v / a b o u t - e r s / c a r e e r s - at- e r s . a s p x . For more information about ERS, visit our website at w w w . e r s . u s d a . g o v U.S. Citizenship is required non-postdoctoral positions. ERS is an equal opportunity employer.