The School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII) is recruiting a Research Fellow based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA, with remote work temporarily required due to the COVID-19 crisis. SEII is a growing team of professionals devoted to answering major policy and societal questions related to education, the workforce, and inequality. Based in the Department of Economics at MIT, SEII consists of over 18 academic affiliates who represent leading economic thinkers, ten full-time staff members, and six graduate researchers. SEII works closely with leading academic, government, and nonprofit institutions across the country to generate pioneering research that informs policy and practice.
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field; at least two years’ specialized experience with qualitative data analysis, research methods, and/or social sciences research (may include coursework or experience gained as an undergraduate); strong programming skills; and ability to deal with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment.
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Job Details
We are seeking a motivated, independent, and organized Research Fellow to support market design research. Fellows receive a full-time appointment with the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII-), a research lab based at the MIT Department of Economics.
Fellows will work closely with one or more of SEII Directors Joshua Angrist, David Autor, and Parag Pathak, as well as our collaborators at universities across the country, including UC-Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University. This position also offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with other SEII research staff. The fellowship is a full-time position located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Previous Fellows have gone on to an Economics or related Ph.D.
program, K-12 education, consulting, government policy positions, and beyond.
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Research Fellows receive a full-time, one-year appointment that is renewable annually (contingent on funding). An employment term of two years is strongly preferred.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions**)
Research Fellows will work on 1-2 research projects with MIT faculty members and additional affiliated faculty. Specific responsibilities include constructing data sets and preparing data for analysis, conducting analysis in Stata, R, and Matlab to answer research questions, presenting results and engaging in discussion in weekly team meetings, and editing papers for publication. Other duties as needed or required. This position requires a high level of independent judgement.
This position is able to perform job duties from home throughout the course of the current COVID-19 crisis.
This position is not eligible for any visa sponsorship.
