Dear NBER Researchers -
To encourage research on the economics of long-term fiscal policy, the
NBER, with the generous support of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, is
launching a program of post-doctoral fellowships in economics. I hope
that you will share this call for applications with early-career
scholars who might be interested in this opportunity.
The subject matter for fellowship research can be any aspect of
long-term fiscal policy, including but not limited to:
·Analysis of how the level of government debt affects economic growth
and of the feedback loops between the debt-to-GDP ratio and the growth
rate of spending and taxes.
·Investigation of the role of entitlement, spending, and tax reform in
addressing long-run structural deficits in the U.S or other nations.
·Exploration of the links between tax policy and economic growth, with
particular emphasis on the way different tax instruments impact an
economy’s long-term growth.
·Research on the fiscal consequences of an aging population, including
the effect of changing age mix on the level and composition of
government spending, on the domestic demand for government debt, and on
labor markets.
·Study of fiscal institutions and fiscal rules to learn whether certain
institutional structures, such as balanced-budget rules, are associated
with lower structural deficits.
·Consideration of the interplay between federal and state fiscal policy
in the United States and the role of intergovernmental transfers of
revenue authority and program responsibility in affecting measured
federal or state fiscal positions.
Two fellowships will be awarded for the academic year 2016-2017.Each
fellowship will provide a stipend of $75,000, a reimbursement for health
insurance, and a travel and research allowance. The selection panel
will consist of Alan Auerbach (University of California – Berkeley), N.
Gregory Mankiw (Harvard), Valerie Ramey (University of California – San
Diego), Kent Smetters (University of Pennsylvania), and me.Fellows will
be selected based on the panel’s assessment of their potential to make
an important contribution to our understanding of long-term fiscal
policy and announced in February 2016. Fellows will be expected to work
at the NBER's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the fellowship
year.
To be eligible for fellowship support, an applicant must have completed
a Ph.D. in Economics and must be a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted for
permanent residence.Applicants should submit a c.v. as well as a
research proposal consisting of no more than three pages of text and one
page of supplemental tables or graphs to Ms. Raquel Greene
(greener_at_nber.org) by midnight (EST) on Wednesday, December 16,
2015.Applications from candidates from under-represented ethnic and
racial groups, from candidates with disabilities, and from candidates
from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged.Applicants should also
secure a letter of recommendation and verify that it has been sent to
Ms. Greene by the deadline.In fairness to all applicants, the submission
deadline is strictly enforced.Applications that are not complete,
including the letter of recommendation, on December 16 will not be
considered for support.
Thank you for disseminating the news of this post-doctoral fellowship
opportunity. An announcement of this fellowship opportunity is posted at
http://nber.org/callforproposals/PostDoctoralFellowshipProgram_LongTermFiscalPolicy.html
All best wishes.
Jim Poterba
Received on Thu Nov 12 2015 - 16:17:25 EST
