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🥳Our free GRE Prep Guide is live! 🥳
We're hoping to create and gather more resources pertinent to aspiring researchers on our site. If you're interested in applying for a degree in the social sciences, check our course out at predoc.org/courses
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We're partnering with @Harvard's @OppInsights for a summer course on Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems! A virtual course from July 5 to August 12. Students receive a $2,000 stipend. Learn more: bit.ly/39t2t3t. Apply by May 20: bit.ly/3LzQgYU
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PREDOC's asynchronous course is now live! This is ideal for those interested in applying for an RAship. It'll help students connect coding/database training to data analysis, and buffer up their competency in R and STATA. Register @ bit.ly/40TyHue
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New pre-doc opening with Professor Claudia Goldin @HarvardEcon!
Apply at bit.ly/3wai17H
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🥳The Mentoring Program aims to mitigate gaps by helping students from underrepresented groups connect with a graduate student mentor in @DukeEcon, @HarvardEcon, @MITEcon, or @StanfordEcon. Applications for the program are open until July 22!🥳
More info: bit.ly/3RRzx8E
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New opening at @DukeEcon's Development Economics Lab (@DevLabDuke1)!
Find more details at: bit.ly/47UHvEW
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📢Profs. @AnyaSamek (@RadySchool), Lena Song (@UofIllinois) and John List (@UChi_Economics) are seeking full-time predoctoral fellows to work on projects in behavioral/experimental economics📢
Apply: bit.ly/4h1y09X
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New opening in behavioral economics and finance. Work with researchers @HarvardEcon, @HarvardHBS, and @Yale
Apply at: bit.ly/47JUMiO
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Incoming @berkeleyecon Prof. Nicolas Longuet-Marx is hiring a full-time RA for the Fall!
The pre-doc will support exciting work w/ U.S. data on granular election results, campaign contributions + positioning, and employment in green + polluting sectors.
bit.ly/3Zaowmx
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New RA positions are open in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in collaboration with various scholars. They’re pulling applicants from diverse economic areas: Climate, Health, Labor, Monetary and Tax Policy, Finance, Poverty, and more!
Link below!
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship @Harvard
Sponsoring Researcher: Professor Emily Breza
Fields of Research: Development Economics
Deadline: Rolling
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Full-time RA
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Sponsoring Researcher: Mathilde Muñoz (@MathildeMunoz)
Fields: Public finance, international trade and applied microeconomics
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@UCBerkeley @econ_ra
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📣We're exited to announce the Summer 2021 PREDOC summer course in social science analytics, an 8-week course to help students build their research toolkit. Rising seniors, apply by June 30 to be considered.
More here: bit.ly/2SJLEcv
Please help us spread the word!
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Apply to work with @Princeton's Eduardo Morales, @genemgrossman, and @ReddingEcon in macroeconomic and international economic fields!
First review by Oct 1.
Learn more at: nus.edu/3vJlHwT
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Predoc opening with Professor Marcella Alsan (@MarcellaAlsan), Director of the Health Inequality Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School
Find more details at: healthinequalitylab.org/rese…
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🥳Fall 2023 Predoctoral Fellowships are open @OppInsights 🥳
Application link: bit.ly/3r9X22G
OI online form: bit.ly/3PAll2V
More information @ predoc.org/opportunities
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Prof. Abhishek Nagaraj (@abhishekn) is seeking a full-time research assistant for a project studying the economic impact of weather forecasts on small business performance. Aspiring researchers in climate/resource economics should apply!
Learn more: bit.ly/3DK1qLT
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Apply to be a Research Associate at Duke University's Development Economics Lab! Find more details at predoc.org/opportunities
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Call for Research Assistants and Field Coordinators @WorldBank's Development Impact Evaluation Group working in applied microeconomics. Apply at bit.ly/3kCmtUA @econ_ra
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Research Fellow position @MIT working with @metrics52, @prof_parag, @davidautor, and/or @DrDaronAcemoglu on economics, education, workforce, and healthcare. Apply at bit.ly/3BGtOZH @econ_ra
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John List (@Econ_4_Everyone) is hiring RAs to support research in experimental economics
Apply @ bit.ly/3sWLC2Q
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Northwestern's Global Poverty Research Lab (@NU_GPRL)'s Dean Karlan (@deankarlan) and Christopher Udry (@chrisudry) are hiring an RA!
Apply by 2/14/25
More details at: bit.ly/40z56aO
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Predoc Fellow at Bocconi University @Unibocconi
Researchers: Erika Deserranno (@DeserrannoErika) and Andrea Guariso (@a_guariso)
Fields: Organizational economics in low-income countries, digitization of public service delivery, telehealth, gender inclusion & health in rural India
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Full-time Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher: Raj Chetty
Institution: @nberpubs
Field of research: Health Economics
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Full-time Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researcher: Mert Demirer, Jing Li
Institution: @MITSloan
Fields of research: Environmental and Energy Economics, Industrial Organization
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Apply to work with Professor Erica Field in micro-economic development and public policy research at @DukeU
Application link: bit.ly/43twsyn
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Full-Time Research Assistant @Harvard
Researcher: Professor Stefanie Stantcheva (@S_Stantcheva)
Fields of Research: Public economics, taxation, innovation, and public policy
Deadline: Rolling
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Pre-doctoral research fellow position open with @m_maggiori at @StanfordGSB working in international macroeconomics and finance. Apply at bit.ly/3jI2Gm8 @econ_ra
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Interested in pre-docs @ChicagoBooth? Sign up to meet with research staff to discuss the upcoming hiring cycle.
Register at: uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
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Save the Date: The PRE Workshop is coming back on August 12, 2025!
Participants will hear from faculty and pre-docs about the pre-doctoral path, how to apply, and how to succeed, learn how to interpret real-world data sets, and network with professionals at a job fair!
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We've partnered with @nberpubs to offer a panel on the ins and outs of health economics on July 12. Presenters will talk about major questions in the field, how they are answering them, and different careers people can pursue in the field. Register at bit.ly/3NLEhrl
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Apply for a spot in PREDOC's 2023 Summer Course by March 20th! Successful applicants will attend weekly classes with Harvard and UChicago faculty, professional development sessions, coding/database workshops, etc. bit.ly/3xYfACy
✨All students receive a $2000 stipend✨
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Join @veronesi_pietro (@ChicagoBooth) Danielle Li (@MIT), and @c_r_walt (@berkeleyecon) on August 3 for an unparalleled opportunity to learn about the PhD admissions process. Register at predoc.org/events/phd-admiss…
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Pre-doctoral Research Assistant
Sponsoring Researchers: Strategy and entrepreneurship area
Institution: London Business School @LondonBSchool
Fields of Research: Behavioral science, data science and tech innovation
Deadline: Rolling
bit.ly/43WU9QR
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If you're interested in a professional career in economics, consider applying to a predoc @MITSloan. You'll work alongside faculty in the Applied Economics Group, including professors Mert Demirer and @benvatter, and gain exposure to diverse research skills and frameworks.
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Predoctoral Research Fellow Positions @SIEPR
Fellows will work in diverse econ-adjacent fields: Energy and environment; development; economics; finance; healthcare; inequality; labor; microeconomics; political economy; public policy.
More details below!
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Work with economist, Luigi Zingales (@zingales), at Chicago Booth's @StiglerCenter!
Apply here bit.ly/3lKJlQT
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Prof. @SimSiegenthaler (@UT_Dallas) is looking for a research assistant to work with me on projects related to a grant on norm change, behavioral change, organizational change, and tipping points.
Learn more @ bit.ly/4jMVdxE
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Apply to be a research analyst at @NorthwesternU's Global Poverty Research Lab!
Job details: bit.ly/4cut5xd
For more postings like this, go to: predoc.org/opportunities
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🧵(1/2) Help us spread this far and wide #EconTwitter! We & @UCBITSS are sponsoring a workshop to prepare students interested in pre-doc opportunities. More here predoc.org/events/pre-doctor…. Interested students, apply by May 21 at bit.ly/2021PREDOCconf
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New RA openings to support research efforts by @OppInsights economists Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Nathan Hendren!
Apply at bit.ly/49UUbvT
sponsored by @nberpubs
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🧵(1/4) A number of @econ_ra positions open at @BeckerFriedman. Applications open at bfi.uchicago.edu/predoctoral…. Details below.
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🥳Join Profs. Amanda Kowalski (@UMich) & David Chan (@BerkeleyHaas) as a full-time RA in Health Econ/Metrics, working on a major project on scarce health resource allocation. Ideal for detail-oriented people with data skills (STATA, R, Matlab, or SAS). bit.ly/3Vxyps7
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PREDOC is launching a Call for Proposals for our annual RA Matching program. PREDOC will grant awards of up to $4,000 to faculty, researchers, post-doctoral scholars, and doctoral candidates at higher education and research institutions.
Follow the thread for more details!
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📚 Interested in the economics of education? Join leading researchers like @POreopoulos & @razaratev as a Pre-Doc at the @UofT!
🔍 Focus: Applied Micro, Education
🏫 @econuoft
📅 Apply early!
🔗 bit.ly/46WzCQ8
#EconJobs #RAJobs #Predoc
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On August 13, our free, virtual PRE Workshop will take you behind the scenes to learn the truth about what pre-docs are, how to apply to them successfully, and much more. Activities include a data task walk-through and job fair. Learn more and register: predoc.org/pre-workshop
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🥳Pre-Doctoral Fellowship opening at UT's Forward Society Lab (@fos_lab). Profs Ceren Baysan (@cerenbaysan) and Román Andrés Zárate (@razaratev) are hiring research support in applied micro-economics!
Apply now for early review!
@econuoft
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Join the @UChicago to learn more about their full-time RA roles in economics and public policy! You'll hear staff talk through the open programs and application process and be able to ask a current RA about their experience.
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Apply to be a RA at Notre Dame's The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (@LEOatND) with Professor Bill Evans
Application link: bit.ly/3Rtwa8i
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Apply to be an RA @ChicagoBooth
Work with Professors Richard Hornbeck and Anders Humlum in economic history: bit.ly/48lXXh9
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🥳Register for next week's pre-doctoral workshop in economics!
Attendees will meet with career reps from @ChicagoBooth, @YaleTobinCenter, @ChicagoFed, @BeckerFriedman, @JPAL_NA, @NorthwesternU, @federalreserve
Sign up: bit.ly/4cfFOCg
Learn more: bit.ly/3ympcv1
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Full-Time Research Assistant position with @Stanford's
Grant Miller researching health and #economics. Details at bit.ly/3yJcmCM
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🥳Opportunities at the @AEI 🥳
Data Analyst @AEICosm: bit.ly/3pADT9i
Data Analyst in Education Pol.: bit.ly/43dR2CI
Research Assistant in Foreign and Defense Pol.: bit.ly/3PKVTs9
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Reminder to join our upcoming panel on Ph.D. applications today at 1:00 CDT. Our speakers include faculty from @MIT, @UChicago, and @NorthwesternU, who will be sharing best tips for approaching statements of purpose, letters, grad prep, etc.! Register @: bit.ly/3CqSAQ4
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🚨Research Associate position over at @HarvardHBS working in economics, finance, marketing, strategy, and organizational behavior. Apply at bit.ly/3DFo6rY @econ_ra
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CEPH (@ceph_ie) Co-Director and Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin), Gaia Narciso (@gaia_narciso) is hiring a pre-doc!
Find more details at: bit.ly/41H8yT8
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Apply to be a predoctoral RA @UCBerkeley
Work alongside Luigi Butera (@lu_butera), Chen Lian, and Dmitry Taubinsky (@DTaubinsky)
Fields: Public economics, behavioral economics, macroeconomics
bit.ly/3yBtmMt
@CBScph @econ_ra
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📣 We're hosting a session on July 8 for current pre-docs on the PhD application process! This panel will feature 3 former pre-docs, now PhD students, who will discuss all thing PhD apps from compiling materials to making a final decision. Register here: bit.ly/3gTwf2w
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Apply to work with Profs Davide Cantoni and Claudia Steinwender (@ClaudiaSteinwen) at @LMU_Muenchen!
Job Posting: bit.ly/4gSNIVh
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Sponsoring Researcher: Professor Emily Breza
Institution: @Harvard University
Fields of Research: Development Economics, @HarvardEcon
Deadline: Rolling
bit.ly/3ZFjgVu
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EPI is hiring a RA for its Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy! RAs will support their work to produce data on racial economic disparities across multiple sectors. It's a great opportunity to gain experience in econ policy and impact-driven research. Follow the link below!
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For those looking for full-time jobs in development and labor economics, find our latest roundup at: bit.ly/3HVMlFt.
In this report, we feature research positions from @JPAL_SA, @HarvardEcon, @LondONtheinside @LSEnews, @UCBerkeley, @Wharton, @BeckerFriedman, and more!
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The Econ Dept @BrownUniversity invites applications for a pre-doc fellowship w/ Prof. Matthew Pecenco. This position is a chance to study the causal impacts of public policies and econ forces on crime, housing, and market health using experimental methods. bit.ly/4jQlfBs
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New predoc positions at The Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin)
Researchers: Gaia Narciso, Ronan Lyons, and Marvin Suesse
Fields: Economic History, Political Econ, Economic Geography
Deadline: 2/15/23
bit.ly/3ZJdi6Z
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Predoc Fellow in Economics @GPIOxford
Researchers: Rossa O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Loren Fryxell, Benjamin Tereick
Fields: Welfare econ; growth theory; the economics of climate change/catastrophic risks; discounting; game theory; mechanism design; forecasting; political econ; etc.
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Quick note: We've extended the application deadline to May 27 for our Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems in partnership with @Harvard @OppInsights. A virtual course from July 5 to August 12. Students receive a $2,000 stipend. Learn more: bit.ly/39t2t3t.
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✨Pre-doc fellowship at the Center for Innovative Data in Economics Research (CIDER) @ubcVSE ✨
Fields: Labor, development, economic history, political economy, behavioral econ, public economics, macro, environment and energy, crime, and applied micro
bit.ly/3HPYI6S
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Profs. @WinnieVanDijk and John Eric Humphries @john_eric (@YaleEconomics), joint with Profs. @MeganTStevenson (@UVA) and @AurelieOuss (@Penn) are hiring a pre-doc to work with large datasets to study the effects of criminal justice reforms.
More @ bit.ly/4kRXh9a
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Applications for our 2024 Summer Course are open! If you're an undergraduate looking for opportunities in the quantitative social sciences, consider applying for a spot in this year's cohort and earn a fellow award of $2,000 for your efforts!
Apply @ bit.ly/3IdQMvH
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🚨Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow position with Heidi Williams at @SIEPR working in innovation and technology bit.ly/38ADzv4 @econ_ra
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Research Professional
Sponsoring Researchers: @rglenner and @AnneKaring
Institution: @UChicago
Fields of research: Behavioral economics, economics of health delivery
bit.ly/3KjiE0E
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Full-Time Pre-Doc Research Analyst
Researcher(s): Joseph Gyourko, Gilles Duranton, Todd Sinai, Fernando Ferreira @onfaitavec, Maisy Wong, Ben Keys @Key_Z_E, Jessie Handbury, Nina Harari, Sophie Calder-Wang @sophcalderwang
Institution: @Wharton
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow position work with @Yale Tobin Center faculty.
Fields of research include accounting, applied microeconomics, environmental economics, health economics, industrial organization, labor economics, public economics, and sociology. Apply at bit.ly/3EcEbEN
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Apply to be a @ChicagoBooth RP with Profs. Chris Campos (@cqcampos), Rebecca Dizon-Ross (@RDizonRoss) and Matt Notowidigdo (@ProfNoto)
More info @ bit.ly/3HR1qZ2
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Register now to “gain confidence to submit your name alongside everyone else.” Learn how to master a data task, and hear from RAs + hiring managers on how to succeed as a pre-doc. Don’t miss this chance to take your application game to the next level. bit.ly/PRE-Workshop-2025
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Predoc fellowship at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) in Applied Microeconomics
Sponsoring Researcher: Matthew Gentzkow
stanford.io/3MDwtZW
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🚨Pre-doctoral Fellowship🚨
Sponsoring Researcher: Ben Enke
Institution: @Harvard
Field of research: Behavioral Economics
bit.ly/3Lz5M7k
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📣Research Fellow position at @Stanford RegLab working on computational science, machine learning, and policy innovation with Daniel Ho. Application at stanford.io/3mCKoUK 📣@econ_RA
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Position open at @MichiganRoss working with @achadhvaryu and @AnantNyshadham working on development and labor #economics bit.ly/3h3TqaY @econ_ra
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Don't miss your opportunity to take part in the PRE Workshop. On June 12 & 13, current pre-docs, researchers, and students will host panels on all things pre-doc, and chosen participants will complete a coding exercise. Apps due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CT
predoc.org/pre-workshop
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Full-Time Pre-Doctoral Fellow
w/ @juhreka13, Heather Sarsons, Victor Couture, Gorkem Bostanci, Giovanni Gallipoli, @munirsquires, Sam Hwang, Patrick Baylis, @hmmlowe
Institution: @UBC
Fields of research: Labor, development, economic history, and more
bit.ly/36oeaqo
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📣 Predoctoral Research Analyst
work with @ArthurvBenthem and @BerkouwerS
at @Wharton working in development economics, energy and environmental economics. Apply at bit.ly/2YMuIof
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If you're interested in becoming an RA at Harvard Business School, check out the thread below!
Researchers: Raffaella Sadun, Alex MacKay, Maria Roche
Fields: Economics, Strategy
Deadline: Rolling
bit.ly/3GZc0hp
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New batch of predoc openings at @UChicago!
1. Chicago Booth is hiring an RP in Social Impact and ESG: bit.ly/42g36UV
2. The Becker Friedman Institute is hiring in Big Data: bit.ly/3eAGpXu
3. Work with @UChiEnergy's, Shaoda Wang: bit.ly/3ybbszN
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🎉Giulia Brancaccio (@nyuniversity) and Karam Kang (@UWMadison) are looking for a 1-year predoc at the NBER to work in applied microecon with a focus on finance, industrial organization, sustainability, and environmental economics. 🎉
Apply: bit.ly/3GnNHbs
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Research professional position open with @m_sendhil at @ChicagoBooth Center for Applied AI researching applied #MachineLearning, #economics, health, social policy, behavioral science. Application at bit.ly/3C9qwxM @econ_ra
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Please share this full-time predoctoral research fellow position @HarvardMWC to begin in summer 2025, working with @Kennedy_School Prof. Will Dobbie & @Harvard_Law Prof. Crystal Yang!
Full job ad here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/np0usvfd2…
Apply at the link below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
ALT Harvard Kennedy School Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy Postdoctoral Research Fellow Opportunity Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy Harvard Kennedy School About the Position Professor Will Dobbie (Harvard Kennedy School) and Professor Crystal Yang (Harvard Law School) are recruiting two to three full-time predoctoral research fellow(s) to start in Summer 2025. The fellow(s) will support and collaborate on a series of interdisciplinary projects related to race, discrimination, and the criminal justice system, among other topics. The successful applicant(s) will receive mentoring from faculty within a tight-knit research community at the Wiener Center and access to a broad range of activities at Harvard. Prior fellows have gone on to attend top-tier PhD programs in Economics and Public Policy. This position is based at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, MA. The appointment term for the fellow(s) is for one year with the strong potential for a second-year renewal.
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Predoctoral Research Fellow
Sponsoring Researchers: Clare Balboni and Johannes Boehm @johannesmboehm
Institution: @sciencespo, Department of Economics (Paris, France)
Fields: International trade, environmental economics, development
Deadline: Rolling
bit.ly/3KotyDK
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As we're rounding up the fall recruiting cycle, institutions are working to fill open spots asap. Check the thread below for the ongoing predoctoral apps at Harvard Business School!
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Opportunity to work with Associate Professor in Business and Public Policy, Guo Xu, at @BerkeleyHaas
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