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Predoctoral Researcher

Job Number: 24818
Functional Area: Research - Scientific
Department: Economics
School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Schedule:

Posting Description

PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, Economics, to support Prof. Nina Roussille’s research in labor economics on the determinants of imperfect competition, gender and racial inequality, as well as the role of information frictions in generating income inequality, meet regularly with Prof. Roussille to discuss their work, exchange ideas and receive feedback, and be fully integrated in this research and encouraged to attend seminars. Examples of current research projects include understanding why the labor force participation of women in middle-income countries (e.g. India, Pakistan) remains so low, studying the distributional effects of labor demand shocks, and analyzing how wage setting operates in high-skill labor markets. This position offers comprehensive research training for graduate school in economics (or related field), through hands-on experience in data analysis, statistical modeling, research communication, and academic writing.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in economics, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field; a minimum of two years of specialized experience with quantitative data analysis, research methods, social sciences, which may include experience gained as an undergraduate; solid analytical, coding, and communication skills in Stata; and attention to detail. Job #24818

Application Instructions: In a single PDF attachment titled “RA_Application_[First name]_[Last name].pdf” submit a cover letter describing your interest in the position, relevant skills, including knowledge of Stata, research experience and qualifications; your resume, please include your GPA and if available your class rank; transcripts encouraged; and a writing sample and/or a piece of stata code you wrote, this could be from a thesis/independent research project or part of a previous RA experience.

The Predoctoral Researcher will be working fulltime at MIT, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Preferred start date is around June 1st, 2025. An employment term of 1-2 years is expected.

1/29/2025