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Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School (pre-doc)

(posted 11/12/24)

Prof. Eliana La Ferrara is looking to hire a research fellow to work with her at the Harvard Kennedy School, based out of Cambridge (Massachusetts) on projects related to development, labor, and political economy for 24 months, starting in Jul.-Aug. 2025.

Applications are invited on a rolling basis until November 24, 2024 (final date to apply).

Job and application details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vr71IhmmKOmzciKIg-rBP3brXrHqwLm3/view
Statisticians at the Federal Trade Commission

(posted 10/21/2024)
 Duties
In this role, you will gain real-world experience by working alongside PhD economists to protect consumers and promote competition in the US economy. Statisticians work with economists to support FTC matters, including:
– providing economic and statistical analysis in support of antitrust investigations, cases, and rulemaking
– conducting academic research and developing reports on the functioning of markets in the economy

To learn more information about the experience of a Statistician at the FTC please visit: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-economics/careers-ftc-bureau-economics/statistician-recruiting
 

Available Positions
  Statistician GS7
The ideal candidate for this position has:
·        A strong interest in and intuition for applied microeconomics;
·        Proficiency in programming languages widely used in economics, statistics, and/or data science such as Stata, R, or Python;
·        Excitement about conducting data analysis on a wide range of datasets in support of consumer protection and competition missions of the FTC;
·        Interest and aptitude in working with PhD economists on economics research projects that serve the mission of the FTC; and
·        A desire to grow and build on skills in data analysis and microeconomics.
 
Statistician GS9
The ideal candidate for this position has:
·        A strong interest in and aptitude for applied microeconomics, data analysis, and computer programming;
·        Proficiency in programming languages widely used in economics, statistics, data science, and/or computer science such as Stata, R, Python, SQL, or C++;
·        Excitement about analyzing terabyte size datasets to support competition and consumer protection policy and law enforcement;
·        Experience conducting statistical, econometric, or data analysis tasks such as regression analysis, model evaluation, machine learning, or Natural Language Processing.
the EPIC Predoctoral Fellowship ProgramEnergy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago

https://epic.uchicago.edu/about/jobs-fellowships/fellowships/predoctoral-fellows/predoctoral-fellowship-program/fellowship-opportunities/

Pre-doctoral fellowships serve as a one- or two-year bridge program between college and a doctoral program.
 
Applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree by June of the year they are applying, and have strong quantitative and programming skills. Candidates with research experience are strongly preferred, especially those with experience in Stata, R, Python or Matlab. The ideal candidate would begin in June and work for EPIC for one or two years before applying to graduate school in Economics or another quantitative social science. EPIC offers a competitive salary and employee benefits.
Applications for pre-doctoral fellowships are reviewed in fall and winter cycles. The fall deadline is in mid-November, with final decisions made in mid-December. The winter deadline is the beginning of March, with final decisions made around toward the end of March.
Research AssistantsBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 


Each year, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) hires a new cohort of Research Assistants (RAs) who gain real-world experience by working alongside PhD economists to assist with original economic research and provide critical support for policy analysis.

RAs are selected during two main recruitment cycles in the fall and spring. Applications are not reviewed until after each respective deadline.
Fall Recruitment Cycle
Completed applications accepted August 15-October 15 (Deadline)
Spring Recruitment Cycle
Completed applications accepted October 21 – January 31 (Deadline)

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Pre-doctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP)
 BECKER FRIEDMAN INSTITUTE at The University of Chicago



About the program: Pre-Doctoral Research Professionals | BFI (uchicago.edu)

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