JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024
Graduate Center, CUNY
Position Title/Short Description
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: New York City, New York, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
I2 -- Education and Research Institutions
H2 -- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H0 -- General
Keywords:
wealth concentration
Full Text of JOE Listing:
Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Graduate Center, CUNY (New York, NY)
Postdoctoral Scholar in Wealth Inequality
Full-time, 2-year appointment, beginning in fall 2024.
Salary: $87,000/year, plus funds for research, travel, and research assistants.
The Stone Center is hiring a postdoctoral scholar (CUNY contract title: research associate), who will produce empirical research on wealth and/or wealth inequality in the United States, internationally, or both. Priority will be given to candidates conducting research in the following areas:
• Distribution of wealth, wealth inequality, wealth concentration
• Intergroup wealth disparities (e.g., by gender, race, ethnicity, migration status)
• Determinants (including public policies) and consequences of wealth concentration
• Estate, inheritance, gift, and wealth taxation, and/or other policies that shape wealth accumulation and wealth transfers
Applicants should have:
• Ph.D. in economics, sociology, political science, public policy, or related social science discipline
• Degree awarded prior to the position start date
• Research portfolio demonstrating interest in empirical, methodological, or theoretical scholarship on socio-economic inequality and/or social mobility
• High level of empirical and statistical skills, and experience with complex data sets
• Excellent writing and communication skills
Applications are due by November 1, 2023
https://cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/research-associate-postdoctoral-scholar-in-wealth-inequality-stone-center-on-socio-economic-inequality/4A088DA8C17C4895A687F0A15C243C04/job/
Application Requirements:
- External Application URL and Instructions Below
Application Instructions:
Click on “Apply Now” below which links to the registration screen. If you are a new user, you must register to apply. If you already have a user ID, please use your existing ID. The following are all required:
• Curriculum vitae.
• Statement of interest, not to exceed 1,500 words. Summarize your qualifications, and describe your past work related to wealth inequality. Please include a brief description of the projects that you hope/expect to carry out during the two-year period.
• One writing sample.
• Contact details for three (3) professional references, including their names, titles, organizations, telephone numbers, and email addresses. Letters of recommendation are not required with the initial application.