JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Other Nonacademic (Temporary, Part-Time, Non-Salaried, Consulting, Etc.)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
D9 -- Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
E2 -- Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy
G4 -- Behavioral Finance
I3 -- Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
Keywords:
Full Text of JOE Listing:
Description of Job Responsibilities:
Economics professors Dan Benjamin (University of California, Los Angeles), Miles Kimball (University of Colorado Boulder), Ori Heffetz (Cornell University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Kristen Cooper (Gordon College) and their co-authors employ a full-time research assistant at the NBER with a start date during the Summer of 2022.
Current research focuses on conducting surveys to shed light on what respondents mean when they answer questions about their own happiness, and on developing methods to use such survey responses to measure personal and national well-being. Research assistants are directly involved in the entire research process, including:
• Data analysis
• Econometric modeling and analysis
• Grant writing
• Experiment design and execution
• Survey design and execution
• Background research and literature reviews
• Data compiling and presentation
• Various administrative tasks
Required background:
• Knowledge of R or Stata
• Strong organizational, self-disciplinary, writing and leadership skills
• A bachelor’s degree in economics, computer science, statistics, or mathematics
• Strong econometrics, math, and statistics skills
• An interest in behavioral economics specifically
Optional background:
• Knowledge of Python and Latex
• Knowledge of various statistical analyses such as OLS, MLE, and PCA
Application Requirements:
- External Application Link