NONDUKE STUDENT/INTERN

Duke University, United States

Updated: 11 months ago
Location: Durham, NORTH CAROLINA
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

Duke University:

Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.


 The research is comprised of a regression discontinuity design to study the impacts of smart meters and a randomized  experiment focusing on electricity access, increasing electricity load, and shifting cooking to electric appliances. 

The research assistant will work on a number of tasks, with supervision from Professor Meeks, including the following:

  • Contribute to the experimental design;
  • Write python code for downloading smart meter data from server;
  • Download bulk datasets on electricity consumption and billing;
  • Write randomization code for experiment;
  • Clean data from households surveys, smart meter server, and billing department;
  • Perform summary analyses / descriptive statistics;
  • Implement analyses for  regression discontinuity design and randomized experiment.

    • If the work together is successful, then there is potential for the research assistant to become a co-author on future papers resulting from the work. This would need to be discussed and mutually agreed upon.

    The research assistant will be paid an hourly rate of $22.50/hour.

    The research assistant will work approximately 10-20 hours per week.

    The start date is June 1st 2023 and the end date is August 15th, 2023.


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