JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023

National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research
Full Time Research Assistant

JOE ID Number: 2023-01_111471800
Date Posted: 05/09/2023
Date Inactive: 07/31/2023
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Full Time Research Assistant
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
I1 -- Health
K4 -- Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
C0 -- General
L5 -- Regulation and Industrial Policy
H0 -- General
Keywords:
Applied Microeconomics
Health
Econometrics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Jetson Leder-Luis (BU), David Howard (Emory) and Jon Gruber (MIT) are hiring a 1-year predoctoral fellow at the NBER for work in applied microeconomics with a focus on health. The ideal candidate will have a strong undergraduate training in economics and econometrics, as well as data skills including Stata and R. Prior experience working with health claims data are a plus but not required. The position will run from June 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024, with some flexibility on start and end dates. Work will be conducted on-site at the NBER with flexibility. Please upload letters of reference, transcript, CV, and a cover letter.

Applicants should have completed an undergraduate degree in economics, math, statistics, or computer programming, and have advanced programming skills in Stata. Experience in SAS and other statistical software (e.g. R or Python) is preferred. Applicants who will graduate in winter 2023 will be considered. Ideal candidate will have research experience and interest in applied microeconomics. Knowledge of LaTeX, Unix, and applied econometrics is a plus.
A brief personal statement (< 300 words) describing your qualifications, interests, and motivation for working as a health economics research assistant.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 07/31/2023