Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof. Hendren/ Policy Impacts)
Company: Harvard University FAS Human Resources
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: May 13, 2022
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Job Description:
Title Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof. Hendren/ Policy Impacts)
School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Economics
Position Description The pre-doctoral fellow will work directly
with Professor Hendren on his Policy Impacts initiative focused on
research topics in applied micro-economics and empirical welfare
analysis. Topics likely include the welfare analysis of
environmental policies and the impact tax enforcement policies.
Work will involve detailed and careful coding of the welfare
impacts of government policies, analysis and coding of large
microdatasets, literature reviews, and advanced meta-analysis
methods using Stata and GitHub.The Fellow will work under Professor
Hendren. Appointment to begin July 1, 2022, renewable for a second
year based on mutual agreement.The pre-doctoral position is
intended to provide experiences that will be most beneficial to
applicants intending to pursue graduate work in economics. The work
will include in-depth exposure to a broad set of literature in
economics and experience with advanced empirical and statistical
methods. Pre-doctoral fellows are invited to participate in broader
activities at Harvard, including seminars and courses, and will be
connected to a broader community of pre-doctoral fellows at Harvard
and Opportunity Insights. Fellows typically stay for two years
before applying to graduate school in Economics.Visa sponsorship
can be provided. Basic Qualifications We especially encourage
applications from backgrounds under-represented in economics.
Applicants should be completing (or have completed) a Bachelor's or
Master's degree, have strong quantitative skills, and experience
with empirical research methods. Candidates with research
experience are strongly preferred, especially those with
programming experience in Stata, R, and/or Python. Candidates need
not be Economics majors, though they should have a strong interest
in and some experience with Economics. Successful candidates have
come from a variety of backgrounds (including from undergraduate
and graduate programs, industry jobs, and other research assistant
positions), and have a range of skill levels and experience with
coding. Additional Qualifications Special Instructions Applicants
should provide a CV, cover letter, transcript, reference contact
information, and writing sample in the application portal. Deadline
for full consideration is March 17, 2022. Contact Information Prof.
Nathan Hendren Contact Email nhendren@fas.harvard.edu Equal
Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity,
sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or
any other characteristic protected by law. Minimum Number of
References Required 0 Maximum Number of References Allowed 0
Keywords
Keywords: Harvard University FAS Human Resources, Cambridge , Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof. Hendren/ Policy Impacts), Other , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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