Research Assistant, Economics

Job Description

We seek to hire one full-time research assistant in AY2023/24 to support our research agendas in Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Political Economy. For more information about our research, see our websites www.martin-mattsson.com and https://sites.google.com/site/yogitashamdasani/ .

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in cutting-edge quantitative social science and/or graduate work in economics. The research assistant will work directly with us and will learn how to handle data and code systematically, how to apply econometric methods, how to visualize quantitative research results, and how research papers in economics are developed and written.

Job responsibilities:

• Clean, analyze, and collect data
• Create visualizations of research results
• Read and summarize research papers
• Assist in administrative tasks related to the research process e.g. drafting of research grant proposals, IRB applications

Required skills and interests:

• A genuine interest in doing quantitative social science research in economics or related fields. If you do not have this interest you will not enjoy the work and will not find the skills you learn on the job useful
• Stata or R coding experience
• Good English written and oral communication skills

Desired skills and interests (these are a plus but not required):

• Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields
• An interest in development economics
• Knowledge of econometrics and economic models
• Experience with LaTeX and/or LyX
• Experience with web scraping

Time period, location and salary

The RA should be able to start sometime in June-August 2023 and work full time for at least one year. The RA will be based in Singapore. The annual salary starts at $42,000.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should apply with a CV and transcript. Please also include a short bullet point list of reasons why you would be a good candidate (the shorter the better; maximum half page in font size 12). Interviews for the position will be held on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

You can contact us at [email protected] and [email protected] if you have questions.

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