Apply for the Vacancy for Research Specialist at Princeton University category of the position is Laboratory and Research.

Overview

The International Economics Section has several openings for Research Assistants (i.e., Senior Research Specialists). These positions offer an ideal transitional job for recent graduates who are interested in international economics and are considering further studies in economics. They offer the opportunity to see what a career doing frontier academic research involves.

Responsibilities

The successful candidates will gain experience working with some of the world’s leading researchers in international economics. Additionally, the incumbents must assemble and manage data sets, to program and simulate non-linear models, and to assist faculty members in all aspects of their research.

Furthermore, these are one-year term positions with the possibility of renewal for a second year, contingent upon continued funding and satisfactory performance. End date depends on start date, which may vary.

Qualifications

• Minimum BA/BS degree in Economics, Mathematics or Computer Science, or significant coursework in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, and/or programming.
• Likewise, excellent research and writing skills.
• Basic knowledge of statistics/econometrics.
• Also, knowledge of statistical programming, particularly STATA.
• Similarly, of Matlab or Mathematica is desirable
• Likewise, the knowledge of other programming Packages, such as Python, R and Fortran is desirable.

The successful applicants will begin in the summer of 2021 or earlier by mutual agreement.

About

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

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