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Overview

The Department of Economics is one of the largest departments in Arts and Sciences, and Engineering. It has twenty-four full-time faculty, approximately fourteen part-time faculty, a large undergraduate program, graduate program, and PhD program. Office staff assist with student questions, with management of the undergraduate and graduate programs and with other essential department activities.  The graduate program has doubled in size in the past eight years, and we anticipate more growth in the future.   Professor Douglas Gollin’s ongoing and new research projects are related to development economics and agricultural economics.

What You'll Do

Under direction of Professor Doug Gollin, the Assistant Researcher will participate in the:

• Design and development of research projects
• Preliminary review of funding proposals submitted to a research program led by Professor Gollin
• Carry out data analysis, literature review, and reporting of results for research projects and studies

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements:

• Knowledge and skills as typically acquired through a Master’s degree or equivalent (e.g., Bachelor’s degree plus 1-2 years of prior experience as a quantitative research assistant) in economics, development economics, agricultural economics, or public policy
• Good skills in data analysis and familiarity with standard econometric software packages (e.g., Stata, R)
• Previous experience of writing an independent research paper and carrying out original analysis
• Data management skills: managing and merging files, documenting code, preparing replication files, etc.
• Demonstrated skill of writing clear and effective text

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with geospatial data using one or more relevant software packages
• Knowledge of economic literature on structural transformation and economic growth
• Prior work with data from household surveys from developing countries, or similar data sources

Pay Range

Minimum $47,800.00, Midpoint $59,850.00, Maximum $71,900.00
 

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.