Research Assistant - Economics

University of California, United States

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 26 Aug 2021
34224   RSCH DATA ANL 2   Research Assistant - Economics   $26.44 - $64.27 hourly   Contract   0300-ANDERSON GRAD SCH OF MANAGEMENT     Economics professors Dan Benjamin (University of California, Los Angeles), Miles Kimball (University of Colorado Boulder), Ori Heffetz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Kristen Cooper (Gordon College) and their co-authors employ a full-time research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a start date during the summer/fall of 2021.
This opportunity is ideal for individuals interested in behavioral economics research and likely to pursue a PhD in economics. 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 might also help with other projects in behavioral economics (e.g., developing theory and running experiments to understand people's biased beliefs about random processes). For examples of past research, see http://www.danieljbenjamin.com/.   100   8:00 am   5:00 pm  

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