Job Responsibilities
- Conduct cutting-edge analyses using Institute data that add to both the public and academic discourse; develop insights and implications from the analyses in conjunction with PhD fellows, academic advisors, and internal thought-leaders
- Responsible for identifying cutting-edge topics for the Institute’s research agenda.
- Responsible for developing research papers, slide presentations, and blog posts for both internal and external audiences; present research findings to communities of interest including think tanks, policy makers, and other decision-makers
- Contribute to efforts to strengthen the Institute as an organization, including developing and refining protocols, establishing strategic partnerships, and building the team
- Candidates with quantitative social sciences research experience are strongly preferred, especially those with experience in R, Stata, Python or SQL.
- Strong background in econometrics
- Experience working with big data (e.g. 1,000,000 data points and more)
- Demonstrated understanding of financial services and business issues is a plus
- Strong writing and oral communications skills
- Ability to work in a high-performance, professional environment, with quick turn-around and changing priorities
- Experience working in a fast, paced changing environment; comfort with uncertainty and an entrepreneurial working context
- Creativity, discretion, and a commitment to intellectual rigor.
- Must be able to take initiative to explore promising research areas and absorb and synthesize large amounts of information and data quickly.
- Must be team-player and able to work in small, collaborative environment, often at a fast pace and under time constraints.
- Must have the flexibility to take on new roles and responsibilities as this initiative evolves.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics or a related field
