News, Updates & Opportunities for ECON Undergraduates
Opportunity Insights (OI) recently completed a successful round of hires for our predoctoral program from our Fall 2024 hiring process.
OI is excited to announce our Spring 2025 hiring round where we will identify additional fellows for our predoctoral program beginning in July 2025. These full-time positions will be based in Cambridge, MA. Predoctoral fellows will work closely with Raj Chetty (Harvard), John Friedman (Brown), Nathan Hendren (MIT), and other OI collaborators at Harvard and other universities.
The predoctoral fellowship is geared toward students interested in working with us for two years after graduating from an undergraduate or master’s program. Predoctoral fellows will work on research and analyses related to economic mobility. Additionally, predoctoral fellows have opportunities to participate in seminars and other research activities in a team-oriented lab environment. The program serves as a good bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in applied economics and mobility scholarship. Our Spring application deadline is Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
We particularly encourage applications from groups traditionally under-represented in Economics. Even if applicants are uncertain whether their technical research skills or subject-matter knowledge will be competitive, we strongly encourage their application.
Further details and application instructions are available on our website.
Data Analyst
Institution: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) is seeking to hire one or more Data Analysts with a deep interest in economic research and public policy to assist with research on topics such as tax reform, education, immigration, entitlements reform, and the federal budget. Job responsibilities include assisting with research and model development, compiling and maintaining databases, performing statistical analyses, writing research reports, and providing research-related technical programming support.
Candidates are required to have a bachelor’s degree, preferably in Economics, Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline. A thorough understanding of economics and public policy, ability to use statistical and programming tools, and self-motivation are highly valued in performing these functions. The ideal candidate is interested in spending two years with us before heading to graduate school.
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Applicants should include the following in their resume: overall GPA, GPA by field(s), a partial list of advanced courses taken in related disciplines listed above, and any computer skills, including coding languages.
More about PWBM:
PWBM informs policy discussions in Washington, D.C. by supporting the production of data-driven, non-normative research on issues at the intersection of business and public policy. Its work is widely cited and has been influential in many key recent policy discussions, including tax reform, infrastructure, health care and entitlement reform, immigration, education, and the federal debt outlook. PWBM is non-partisan and does not make policy recommendations. For more information visit: https://budgetmodel.wharton.
