Category: Research & Academia

Calling all undergraduate economics students! The Stanford Economic Review, Stanford’s only undergraduate economics publication, is now accepting submissions for the 2024-2025 issue.

Submission Details:
⏱️Research Paper Deadline: December 15, 2024
⚖️Commentary Pieces: Accepted on a rolling basis

Visit the Submit section of their website for submission requirements and more information. If you have any questions, contact the editors at stanfordeconreview@gmail.com.

The Cornell Undergraduate Economic Review (CUER) is inviting undergraduate students to submit their research for publication in their upcoming issue!

⏱️Deadline: Tuesday, October 2nd at 11:59 p.m. (EST)
📁Submission Types: Past papers or original pieces (no specific topic or length required)
📎How to Submit: Complete the Google Form and attach your research as a Word document.

For any questions, feel free to reach out to the CUER team at cueconomicreview@gmail.com.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is hiring Research Analysts (RAs). This job offers recent graduates the chance to work with top economists, analyzing data and supporting economic research that influences policy decisions.

This is a full-time position for students with strong quantitative skills and an interest in economics, finance, or public policy.

Learn more and apply here: New York Fed RA Program

The Monthly Labor Review (MLR), which is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, publishes a wealth of research in a wide variety of fields. Subjects include the labor force, employment, inflation, productivity, occupational injuries and illnesses, wages, prices, and more. The new Student MLR department is intended to complement our current MLR offerings in which students have an opportunity to publish their work in a peer-reviewed journal.

• Information Sessions:
  • First session: September 10, 2024, at 3:00 pm eastern time
  • Second session: September 11, 2024, at 6:00 pm eastern time.
  • Registration for the events is required and is available online at the following links: session 1 and session 2.
• More Information: See the MLR for authors page
• About Student MLR.: See this factsheet and this video

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is recruiting pre-doctoral Research Professionals in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Finance.
We are looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals to work as full-time research assistants for a period of at least one year.

• Preferred start date:  June 15, 2025
• First review is October 1, 2024
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Continue to review applications received after the review date until all positions are filled.

Please review this ad for more details about the role and how to apply.

The Research Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is hiring full-time Research Associates Starting in the Summer 2025.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with, learn, and engage with our reputable economist staff, visiting fellows and scholars. Former St. Louis RAs have continued their careers in other Bank divisions, in PhD programs, and in the private sector.

This position is a full-time position to start in the spring/summer of 2025. Interested applicants should expect to graduate in the Spring of 2025.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. The first round applications are due by October 15th.

Learn more about the position:
About the Research Associate Position
About our Research Associates

Apply for this position on EconJobMarket
For questions contact ra.recruiting@stls.frb.org

We’re pleased to share a new job opening working with Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. Successful applicants will work on a team of “predocs” on the frontier of theoretical and empirical research in energy and environmental economics. The research uses observational field data, experimental data, and field experiments. Recently, his research has helped lead to the United States Government quadrupling its estimate of the damages from climate change, the adoption of pollution markets in India, and the use of machine learning techniques to target environmental inspections. In the past three years, previous research professionals on our team have gone on to pursue Economics PhDs at the following institutions: Berkeley (2), Duke Finance (1), MIT (1), UChicago (1), Yale (2). See Michael’s website for a list of past and present projects. Expected start date is July 15, 2025. Learn more and apply here. If you have any questions please email maskinner@uchicago.edu.

The Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution is conducting our fall Research Assistant recruitment, for positions starting in summer 2025. We are recruiting for ten research assistants for one or two year appointments, preferably beginning between June 1 and August 1, 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates!

Read more here. Apply here.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree by summer 2025 in Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Public Policy, or other Social Sciences with a minor in Economics and will need to submit a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation, and an unofficial transcript. The application deadline is October 12, 2024.