Research Assistant Positions – not at the NBER
This page provides links to full-time job listings associated with research projects led by NBER-affiliated researchers, but which do not involve employment through NBER. Similar positions that do involve NBER employment may be found here. The positions listed below may be suitable for bachelor's degree candidates, graduate students, or post-docs. Positions typically have an expected duration of 1 to 3 years, and often give priority to candidates who are planning to continue to the next stage of their academic career upon completion of the position. This page does not include listings for jobs that utilize economic analysis for purposes other than academic research, such as postings for economics consulting firms and financial services firms. University career offices typically manage these job announcements.
Predoctoral Scholar
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): James Heckman (Do Not Contact, Apply at Link)
Institution: University of Chicago, Center for the Economics of Human Development
Field(s) of Research: Health, Education, and Welfare
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(Pre-doctoral) Stanford Law Empirical Research Fellowship
NBER Sponsoring researchers: John J. Donohue, Jacob Goldin, Daniel Ho, Daniel Kessler, and Alison Morantz
Institution: Stanford Law School
Fields of Research: Empirical legal and social science research
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Michael Geruso
Institution: University of Texas at Austin (Department of Economics and Population Research Center)
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Demography/Population Science, Public Policy
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Predoctoral Research Professional
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Michael Greenstone
Institution: Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)
Fields of Research: Energy and environmental economics
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): John Beshears, James Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian
Institution: Harvard University
Field(s) of Research: Behavioral Economics
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Statistician III
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Mary Beth Landrum
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Fields of Research(s): Health Care Economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Jan De Loecker
Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Field(s) of Research: Market Power, Labor, Macroeconomics, IO
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Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nathan Nunn and Sara Lowes
Institution: Harvard University and UC San Diego
Field(s) of Research: Economic Development, Economic History, Political Economy, Africa, Cultural Economics
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Full-Time Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Amanda E. Kowalski
Fields of Research: Health economics and applied econometrics
Institution: University of Michigan
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Full-Time Research Assistant (summer 2022)
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Daniel Benjamin, Miles Kimball, Ori Heffetz
Institution: UCLA
Field of Research: Behavioral Economics
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Full-Time Research Assistant (summer/fall 2021)
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Daniel Benjamin, Miles Kimball, Ori Heffetz
Institution: UCLA
Field of Research: Behavioral Economics
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SFS Post-Doc Position
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Antoinette Schoar
Institution: Society for Financial Studies
Field(s) of Research: Finance/Economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Matteo Maggiori
Institution: Stanford GSB
Field(s) of Research: International Macroeconomics and Finance
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Heidi Williams
Institution: Stanford Economics / SIEPR
Field(s) of Research: Innovation, Health Care
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Research Professional
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Christian Leuz
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Field(s) of Research: Mathematical modeling
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Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Bill Evans
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame, Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Field(s) of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Health Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Amy Finkelstein
Institution: MIT
Field(s) of Research: Healthcare spending and health
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Research Manager
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Thomas Kane
Institution: Harvard University, Center for Education Policy Research
Field(s) of Research: Education
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Predoctoral Research Fellow (Project Specialist)
NBER Sponsoring researcher(s): Simone Schaner
Field(s) of Research: Economics, health, and aging
Institution: University of Southern California
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Research Manager, Environment
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rohini Pande
Field(s) of Research: Economic research and public policy
Institution: Inclusion Economics India Centre at Krea University (in partnership with Yale University)
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Research Fellows
Sponsoring Researchers: Joshua Angrist, Parag Pathak, David Autor, and/or Daron Acemoglu
Institution: School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII) at MIT
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Full-time Senior Research Specialist for AY21-2
Sponsoring Researchers: Leah Boustan, Ellora Derononcourt, Henry Farber, David Lee
Institution: Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section
Field(s) of Research: Economics, labor economics
Staff Associate: Economics Division
NBER Sponsoring researcher(s): Ashley Swanson and Laura Boudreau
Field(s) of Research: Microeconomics, Industrial organization, Public Finance
Institution: Columbia Business School
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Postdoctoral Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Christopher R. Knittel
Field(s) of Research: Energy and environmental economics, Engineering
Institution: MIT
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Pre-doc Research Associate, University of Notre Dame
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Robert Collinson, Eric Chyn (Dartmouth College)
Fields: Public Economics, Labor Economics, Urban Economics
Institution: University of Notre Dame, Department of Economics
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Full-time research analyst (pre-doctoral)
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lori Beaman
Institution: Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University
Field(s) of Research: Development economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Coordinator
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Howard Kunreuther, Carolyn Kousky
Institution: University of Pennsylvania Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Field(s) of Research: Climate resilience, climate risk management, disaster insurance markets, natural disaster risk management, and related applied economic/policy topics
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Associate Professional Specialist (Part Time)
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Sylvain Chassang, Leeat Yariv
Institution: Princeton University
Fields of Research: Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics
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Full-Time Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Lauren Cohen
Institution: Harvard University Business School
Field(s) of Research: Economics, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Data Science
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Full-Time Research Analyst
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Lyle
Institution: United States Military Academy at West Point
Field(s) of Research: Labor Economics, Public Economics
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Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Laura Alfaro and Claudia Steinwender
Institution: Harvard Business School
Field(s) of Research: Economic History
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Senior Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher Annamaria Lusardi
Institution: The George Washington University, GFLEC
Field(s) of Research: Financial literacy research, policy, and solutions
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher
NBER Sponsoring Researcher (s): Richard Portes
Institution: AQR Asset Management Institute at London Business School
Field(s) of Research: Economics and Financial economics
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Empirical Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Jacopo Ponticelli and Sean Higgins
Institution: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Fields of research: Corporate Finance, Household Finance, Development Economics
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Research Professional
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ali Hortacsu and Chad Syverson
Institution: University of Chicago (Becker Friedman Institute)
Fields of Research: Empirical Economics and Industrial Organization
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ali Hortacsu, Chad Syverson
Institution: University of Chicago (Becker Friedman Institute)
Fields of Research: IO
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Research Associate – Data Analyst
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Till von Wachter
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles, The California Policy Lab
Field(s) of Research: Homelessness, criminal justice, poverty, education, and labor
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Staff Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Adam Sacarny
Institution: Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Field(s) of Research: Health economics, public economics, health policy
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Predoctoral Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham
Institution: Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Field(s) of Research: Development economics, labor economics
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Predoctoral Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Karen K. Lewis
Field(s) of Research: Financial Economics
Institution: The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, (Wharton School)
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Predoctoral Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Thomas Winberry
Field(s) of Research: Macroeconomics, public finance, investment dynamics, and behavioral corporate finance
Institution: The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research, (Wharton School)
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Staff Associate: Economics
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Jesse Schreger
Field(s) of Research: Macroeconomics, microeconomics, Asian economics, and other areas
Institution: Columbia Business School
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Research Manager
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rohini Pande
Institution: Inclusion Economics India at Krea University (in partnership with Yale University)
Field(s) of Research: Economic research and public policy
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Pre-doc Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, Matthew Backus and Guo Xu
Field(s) of Research: Public Economics, Political Economy, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization
Institution: University of California Berkeley
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Research Data Analyst
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Amir Kermani, (Do Not Contact, Please Apply at Link)
Field(s) of Research: General
Institution: UC Berkeley, Fisher Center for Real Estate at the Haas School of Business
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Bruce Meyer
Field(s) of Research: Poverty, Safety net, Inequality, Homelessness Institution: University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy (Comprehensive Income Dataset Project)
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Research Intern (Pre-doctoral fellow)
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Henry Siu, and other economics faculty
Field(s) of Research: Development economics: labor markets and firms, Social integration, Environmental Economics, and other areas
Institution: Centre for Innovative Data in Economics Research (CIDER), VSE, UBC
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Predoctoral Fellow (Staff Associate)
Sponsoring researchers: Matt Backus, Jesse Schreger, and other economics faculty
Field(s) of Research: Macroeconomics, microeconomics, industrial organization, and other areas
Institution: Columbia Business School
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Research Economist
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Annamaria Lusardi
Field(s) of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Household Finance, Financial Literacy
Institution: The George Washington University, The Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC)
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nathan Hendren
Institution: Harvard University
Field(s) of Research: Empirical Welfare Analysis
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Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rohini Pande, Mike Callen
Institution: Governance Lab (in partnership with Yale University and LSE)
Field(s) of Research: Political Economy
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Research Associate - Field Based
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rohini Pande
Institution: Inclusion Economics India at Krea University (in partnership with Yale University)
Field(s) of Research: Economic research and public policy
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Data Scientist
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Rohini Pande
Institution: Inclusion Economics India at Krea University (in partnership with Yale University)
Field(s) of Research: Economic research and public policy
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Pre-Doctoral Research Professional
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lars Peter Hansen
Institution: University of Chicago (Becker Friedman Institute Macro Finance Research (MFR) Program)
Fields of Research: Economics
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Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Sam Hanson
Institution: Harvard Business School
Field(s) of Research: Finance
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Judy Chevalier, Zack Cooper, Soheil Ghili, Kenneth Gillingham, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yusuke Narita, William Nordhaus, Cormac O’Dea, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, Ebonya Washington, Kevin Williams, Seth Zimmerman
Institution: Yale University
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Public Economics
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Full Time Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Fields: Applied Microeconomics, Development
Institution: Yale University
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Full-Time Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Timothy Layton, and Vilsa Curto, Michael McWilliams
Institution: Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Fields of research: Health Economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Professional
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Michael Kremer
Institution: University of Chicago (Becker Friedman Institute Development Innovation Lab)
Fields of Research: Economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Professional
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): John List
Institution: University of Chicago (Becker Friedman Institute Chicago Experiments Initiative )
Fields of Research: Economics
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Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Raffaella Sadun
Institution: Harvard Business School
Field(s) of Research: Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management
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Full-time Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Tim Layton
Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Health Economics, Public Finance
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Full-Time (Pre-Doc) Research Analyst
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Joseph Gyourko, Gilles Duranton, Todd Sinai, Fernando Ferreira, Maisy Wong, Ben Keys, Jessie Handbury, Nina Harari, Sophie Calder-Wang
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, real estate, urban economics, household finance, public finance, industrial organization, development
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
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Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nicola Bianchi
Fields of research: industrial organization, labor economics, and organizational economics
Institution: Northwestern University Kellogg
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Research Scientist
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Cecilia Parlatore and Arpit Gupta
Institution: New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business: Finance Department
Fields of research: Economics and finance
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Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Chan
Institution: Stanford University
Fields of research: Applied Microeconomics, Health care, Productivity
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Research Scientist
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Robert Richmond and Toomas Laarits.
Institution: New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business: Finance Department
Fields of research: Finance and Macroeconomics
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Research Scientist
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Sabrina Howell and Simone Lenzu
Sponsoring Institution: Finance Department, Stern School of Business, New York University
Fields of research: Entrepreneurial Finance, Productivity, Industrial Organization, Innovation, Corporate Finance
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Research Scientist
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Shan Ge
Institution: New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business: Finance Department
Field of research: Finance (mainly Corporate Finance & Household Finance)
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Full-Time Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Antoinette Schoar, Jonathan Parker, Lawrence Schmidt
Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Field of research: housing economics, banking and consumer finance, micro-econometrics, and applied microeconomics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Azeem Shaikh, Max Tabord-Meehan
Institution: University of Chicago (Becker Friedman Institute)
Fields of Research: Projects related to econometric theory
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Joe Kaboski, Taryn Dinkelman
Institution: University of Notre Dame (Department of Economics)
Fields of Research: Development Economics, Macroeconomics
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(Pre-doctoral) Full-Time Senior Research Specialist I (multiple openings) for AY21-22
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Atif Mian, Moritz Lenel, Adrien Matray, Natalie Marie Bachas, and others
Field(s) of Research: Applied Macroeconomics, Finance
Institution: Princeton University, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associates
NBER Sponsoring Researcher: Benjamin Schoefer and Simon Jaeger
Institution: MIT
Fields of Research: Labor Markets
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
NBER Sponsoring researcher: Matteo Maggiori
Institution: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Fields of Research: International Macroeconomics, Finance
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Will Dobbie, Crystal Yang
Fields: Race, Discrimination, and the Criminal Justice System
Institution: Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
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Research Assistant (pre-doctoral)
Sponsoring Researchers: Kevin Milligan, Raffaele Saggio, Matt Lowe, Giovanni Gallipoli, Patrick Baylis, Victor Couture, Jesse Perla
Institution: University of British Columbia
Fields of Research: Labor, Macro, Environmental, Development, Political Economy, Applied Micro, Trade, Urban
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Research Professional - Full-time
Sponsoring Researcher: Professor Lars Peter Hansen
Institution: University of Chicago
Field(s) of Research: macro financial modeling, climate uncertainty, the interplay of macro and finance, fiscal studies and other MFR projects
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Research Associate
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer
Fields of research: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Senior Project Manager
Sponsoring Researchers: Susan Athey, Eric Chyn, Justine Hastings, Jonah Rockoff, Seth Zimmerman
Institution: NBER, RIPL
Field(s): Applied Microeconomics, Computer Science, Data Science
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Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer
Fields: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Full-Time Predoctoral Research Fellow/Research Assistant
NBER Sponsoring Researchers: Steven Berry, Zack Cooper, Ebonya Washington, Costas Arkolakis, and Joseph Altonji
Institution: The Tobin Center at the Yale Economics Department
Fields: Labor Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education, Public Policy
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Research Associate
NBER Sponsoring Researche: Kent Smetters
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, Penn Wharton Budget Model
Fields of research: Public Policy Economics, Macroeconomics, Microsimulation, Demographic Economics, Health Economics, International Economics, Environmental Economics
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Pre-doc Research Fellow, Stanford Graduate School of Business
NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Susan Athey, Guido Imbens, Ali Yurukoglu
Fields: Economics, Political Economics, Finance
Institution: Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
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