Category: Research & Academia

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.

The Brookings Institution is hiring a research assistant or senior research assistant. The position is based in Washington, D.C. Click here to apply.

The Chicago Fed is hiring a research assistant for the microeconomics group. Apply here!

The Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is looking for a pre-doc research assistant at Notre Dame. Apply here by June 12th.

The Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution is currently recruiting for two exciting Research Assistant positions, starting in summer 2024. These are two year appointments, preferably beginning between June 1 and August 1, 2024. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates!

Opportunity with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary policy:

https://careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3341/research-assistant%2c-hutchins-center-on-fiscal-and-monetary-policy/job

Opportunity with the Center on Health Policy:

https://careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3428/research-assistant%2c-center-on-health-policy/job

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree by summer 2024 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 a transcript. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and will remain open until filled.

Read more about the positions here.