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Full-Time Research Assistant

NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Matt Backus (UC Berkeley), Ashley Swanson (UW Madison), and Andrew Olenski (Lehigh- non-NBER)
Sponsoring Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Fields of Research: Applied microeconomics focusing on health care, industrial organization, productivity, and organizational economics
Deadline/First Review Date: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Full-Time Research Assistant
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CSAP Predoc: Polarization and Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Legal System

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Allison P. Harris
Sponsoring Institution: The Center for the Study of American Politics (CSAP) Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program, Yale University
Fields of Research: Quantitative political science 
Project Scope: Projects focused on identifying polarization among criminal legal officials, examining the relationship between polarization and disparities in criminal legal outcomes, and identifying potential mitigation mechanisms.
Deadline: Rolling

CSAP Predoc: Polarization and Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Legal System
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Tobin Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

Project Title: Addressing the Infrastructure Crisis: Why It Takes So Long and Costs So Much to Build in the US
Sponsoring Researcher(s):
Zach Liscow
Sponsoring Institution: Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Yale University
Fields of Research: Public economics, urban economics, labor economics, environmental economics, law and economics, and political economy
Deadline: Rolling

Tobin Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
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Research Assistant - 260000AZ

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Prof. Henry Zhang, with secondary supervision involving Prof. Victor Orestes at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and others
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Fields of Research: Finance (environmental, development, macro)
Deadline: Rolling
Note: Applicants do not need to currently have work authorization in Hong Kong to be considered.

Research Assistant - 260000AZ
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Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant, Economics

Sponsoring Researchers: Faculty members in the Economics area
Sponsoring Institution: London Business School
Fields of Research: The role involves close collaboration on new and ongoing research projects. Research areas may include, but are not limited to:

  • Economic growth and productivity
  • Innovation
  • International economics and finance
  • Empirical macroeconomics
  • Empirical microeconomics

Deadline: Mar 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant, Economics
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Erin Kelley, Greg Lane, and Fiona Burlig
Sponsoring Institution(s):
Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Fields of Research:
Climate change; development economics; agricultural labor and markets
Deadline:
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Expected Start Date: July 1, 2026

Research Professional
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

NBER Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Tania Babina
Sponsoring Institution: University of Maryland, Smith School of Business
Fields of Research: Finance, AI in Financial Economics, Economic impact of AI, build AI investments data
Deadline: We will review applications on a rolling basis starting March 15, with the intention of making a final hiring decision by April 30.

Pre-Doctoral Researcher
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Leonardo D’Amico and Guido Lorenzoni
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Macroeconomics, finance, spatial economics, fiscal policy, housing
Deadline: First review March 6, then rolling

Research Professional
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Augustin Bergeron
Sponsoring Institution:
Harvard University 
Fields of Research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics, Economic History
Deadline: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. 
Visa: Visa may be arranged

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Research Division
Sponsoring Institution:
Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute (Institute), Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Fields of Research:
Economics opportunity, labor market outcomes
Deadline:
Rolling
Expected start date will be Spring/Summer 2026

Research Assistant
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow in International Trade, Industrial Organization, Urban/Spatial Economics

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Anaïs Galdin and Felipe Barbieri
Sponsoring Institution: The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Fields of Research: International Trade, Industrial Organization, Urban/Spatial Economics
Deadline:
Review of applications will begin in February 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow in International Trade, Industrial Organization, Urban/Spatial Economics
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Emma Templeton
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: March 1st, rolling review

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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Thomas Graeber
Sponsoring Institution:
University of Zurich
Fields of Research:
Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
Deadline:
Feb 28

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Empirical Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Andrew Baker, Abhay Aneja, Jonah Gelbach, Adam Badawi, Prasad Krishnamurthy, Veronica Santarosa, Manisha Padi, Emily Zhang, Ofer Eldar
Sponsoring Institution: UC Berkeley School of Law
Fields of Research: Accounting, Economic History, Statistics and Econometrics, Finance
Deadline: Mar 1, 2026

Empirical Researcher
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Behavioral Research Fellow (Pre-Doc)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Kellogg Behavioral Lab
Sponsoring Institution:
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Fields of Research:
Behavioral Science, Marketing, Organizational Behavior
Deadline:
Applications reviewed continuously until all positions are filled. Cover letters should include academic career goals and Kellogg faculty of interest.

Behavioral Research Fellow (Pre-Doc)
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Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Dmitry Taubinsky of UC Berkeley, Benjamin Lockwood of University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and Luigi Butera of Copenhagen Business School 
Sponsoring Institution:
University of California, Berkeley
Fields of Research:
Behavioral Economics, Public Economics
Deadline:
We will review applications on a rolling basis starting February 25, with the intention of making a final hiring decision by April 25.

Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant
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Research Analyst

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lori Beaman, Andrew Dillon, Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry
Sponsoring Institution: Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University
Fields of Research: Development, Statistics and Econometrics, Data Science and Tech Innovation, Meta-analysis
Deadline: Rolling 

Research Analyst
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Research Assistant, Retirement Security Project, Economic Studies

Sponsoring Institution: Economic Studies Program,The Brookings Institution
Fields of Research: Research topics cover a full range of public policy issues in economics, foreign policy, development, governance and metropolitan policy.
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Job ID: 2026-3795

Research Assistant, Retirement Security Project, Economic Studies
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof. Stantcheva)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Economics professor Stefanie Stantcheva
Sponsoring Institution: Social Economics Lab, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Field(s) of Research: The position will involve close collaboration on new and ongoing projects in public economics, with a particular focus on taxation, innovation, and people’s attitudes towards public policies.
Deadline: Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Visa: Visa sponsorship available

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof. Stantcheva)
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Pinar Yildirim, Marketing Department, The Wharton School, and Juan Camilo Castillo, Economics Department, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsoring Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Applied microeconomics, focusing on projects on the digital economy, transportation and urban economics, and industrial organization.
Deadline: If interested, please submit a cover letter describing your interest in the job and specific research projects with faculty, CV, copies of your transcripts, and up to 3 letters of recommendation by March 15, 2026.

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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Neale Mahoney
Sponsoring Institution: 
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Fields of Research: Economic Policy; Applied Microeconomics (Education, Housing, Health, Early Childhood, Energy) entails continued engagement with federal and state policymakers; and Consumer Finance.
Deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. For full consideration, please submit your complete application by February 8, 2026 (this Sunday).
Note: Applicants will need to rank Neale Mahoney as their preferred professor on the application link.
Visa Policy: Does Sponsor

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Pre-Doctoral Program – Global Talent Common Application

Sponsoring Researcher(s): All professors at the Department of Economics, University of Zurich currently searching for pre-docs
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Economics, University of Zurich
Fields of Research: Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Technological Change & Innovation, Neuroeconomics, Behavioral Economics, International Trade, Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Economic Theory, Organizational Economics, Political Economy, Econometrics, Economic History, Financial Markets, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Education & Health, Economics of Institutions
Deadline: May 15th, 2026 (with deadline for recommendation letters or May 25th, 2026).

Pre-Doctoral Program – Global Talent Common Application
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Andrew J. Scott
Sponsoring Institution:
EIT Oxford
Fields of Research:
AI and Robotics, Labour economics, Macroeconomics, Applied microeconomics, Public policy, Economics of ageing/demographics
Deadline:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until April 30

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Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Economics and Applied Machine Learning with a Focus on Developing Countries

Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Yanagizawa-Drott
Sponsoring Institution: University of Zurich
Fields of Research: Development, Data Science and Tech Innovation, Machine Learning, Political Economy, Public Policy
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with first full review end of February.

Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Economics and Applied Machine Learning with a Focus on Developing Countries
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Daniel Bartels, Shereen Chaudhry, Kristin Donnelly, Erika Kirgios, Abigail Sussman, and Oleg Urminsky
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science and Marketing
Deadline: February 2nd, rolling review

Research Professional
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Susan Athey, Laurence Baker, Daniel Kessler, Neale Mahoney, Petra Persson, Maria Polyakova, Maya Rossin-Slater, Eric Sun
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Fields of Research: Data Science and Tech Innovation, Energy, Finance, Health, Microeconomics
Deadline: For full consideration, please submit your application by January 28, 2026

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Chris Campos and Matt Notowidigdo
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, labor, health economics, economics of education
Deadline/First Review Date: February 14, 2026

Research Professional
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Senior Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Kate Orkin (University of Oxford), Matthew Ridley (University of Warwick), Alison Andrew (University of Oxford), Nate Barker (Northwestern University), Rob Garlick (Duke University), Lukas Hensel (Peking University), Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley)
Sponsoring Institution:
University of Oxford
Field of Research: Development, Labor, Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Science
Deadline: 30/01/2026

Senior Research Associate
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Junior Research Scientist

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lingxuan Sean Wu and Peter Koudijs
Sponsoring Institution: Finance Department, NYU Stern School of Business
Fields of Research: Banking, behavioral finance, macro-finance, and financial history
DeadlineDeadline is Jan 15, 2026; afterwards, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Junior Research Scientist
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Raj Chetty (Harvard), John Friedman (Harvard/Brown), and Nathan Hendren (Harvard/MIT)
Sponsoring Institution: Opportunity Insights
Fields of Research: Economics, Public Economics, Public Policy, Big Data, Statistics, Economic Mobility, Labor Markets, Econometrics, Education, Social Capital
Deadline: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Pre-Doctoral Scholar

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Anjali Adukia
Sponsoring Institution:
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Fields of Research: Education; Public Policy; Economics
Deadline: Rolling review

Pre-Doctoral Scholar
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Assistant Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Kelsie Forbush & Dr. Angeline Bottera
Sponsoring Institution:
KU CARE
Fields of Research: Psychology - Eating Disorders
Deadline: Applications reviewed continuously until the position is filled.

Assistant Researcher
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Pre-Doctoral Research Specialist

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Matteo Tranchero and Manav Raj    
Sponsoring Institution:
The Mack Institute for Innovation Management at Wharton
Fields of Research: Economics, Microeconomics, Data Science and Tech Innovation, Statistics and Econometrics
Deadline: Reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Pre-Doctoral Research Specialist
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Research Fellow in Empirical Law and Finance

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Robert Bartlett, the W.A. Franke Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School and Professor Finance (by courtesy)
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford Law School
Fields of Research: Law and finance, capital markets, corporate governance, corporate disclosure, venture capital finance
Deadline: Monday, February 2, 2026
Start Date: Summer 2026

Research Fellow in Empirical Law and Finance
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Full-Time Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Michael Baker, Kyle Greenberg, Aaron Phipps, Geoffrey Schnorr, Anna Weber
Sponsoring Institution:
West Point (Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis)
Fields of Research: Economics, Econometrics and Statistics
Deadline: Rolling. We will begin reviewing candidates starting January 16, 2026

Full-Time Research Assistant
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Christopher Blattman
Sponsoring Institution(s): The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: Violence prevention; Economics of organized crime; Development economics; Political economy
Expected Start Date: No later than July 1, 2026 
Deadline: Rolling

Research Professional
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Pre-Doctoral Fellows

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Michael Weber (Purdue University), Andreas Neuhierl (Purdue University), Alberto Rossi (Georgetown University), and Francesco D'Acunto (Georgetown University)
Sponsoring Institution:
Department of Wealth Creation at Lake Lucerne Institute (Vitznau, Switzerland)
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.

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Junior Research Scientist

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Sinja Leonelli, Irina Luneva, Gurpal Sran, Kyle (Jaehoon) Jung, and Aleksander Aleszczyk
Sponsoring Institution:
New York University Stern School of Business
Field of Research: Accounting
Deadline: Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis, and all candidates applying by December 31, 2025 will receive full consideration.

Junior Research Scientist
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Research Support

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Cailin Slattery and Carolyn Stein
Sponsoring Institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics
Deadline: We will review applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Research Support
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Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Manuel Adelino, Anna Cieslak, Nuno Clara, Paymon Khorrami, Arthur Taburet, Joao Thereze and Melanie Wallskog
Sponsoring Institution: Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: January 31st

Research Associate
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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Stefanie Deluca and Nick Papageorge
Sponsoring Institution: Poverty and Inequality Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University
Fields of Research: Sociology and Economics
Deadline: December 19, 2025

Research Assistant
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Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Tong Liu, Lira Mota, Christopher Palmer, Kerry Siani, and Juan Antolin-Diaz
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Capital markets, corporate finance, macro-finance, household finance, and micro-econometrics
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Larry Schmidt, Taha Choukhmane
Sponsoring Institution:
MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research:
Asset pricing, household and consumer finance, behavioral economics, macroeconomics, and micro-econometrics
Deadline: Applications will be open till the position is filled.

Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Charles Angelucci, Mert Demirer, Namrata Kala, Alexey Makarin, Benjamin Vatter, Catherine Wolfram
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Applied economics
Research projects will be in the fields of health economics, public economics, energy & environmental economics, political economy, and industrial organization, with empirical tools including natural experiments, randomized trials, and structural estimation.
Deadline: We will be accepting and reviewing applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate
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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ali Hortacsu, Gunter Hitsch
Sponsoring Institution: The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: Economics of industry
Deadline: Rolling

Research Assistant
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate, Global Linkages Lab

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
Sponsoring Institution: The Global Linkages Lab at Brown University’s Department of Economics
Fields of Research: International economics; globalization;sustainable growth; global economic policy
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Visa: For this position, Brown offers only the J-1 visa classification to scholars who need immigration sponsorship in order to enter the U.S. and commence lawful employment under the terms of their appointment.

Pre-Doctoral Research Associate, Global Linkages Lab
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Economics Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Jacob Mortenson
Sponsoring Institution:
Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress
Field(s) of Research:
Economics
Deadline: December 15, 2025
Visa: Eligible candidates must meet citizenship requirements for employment in the Federal government (generally, be U.S. citizens or have legal residency that permits timely completion of the citizenship process).

Economics Research Assistant
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Associate in Research/Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Erica Field and co-PIs
Sponsoring Institution: DevLab@Duke, Department of Economics, Duke University
Project Focus: Applied experimental micro-economic development research directed at informing public policy in low- and middle-income countries.
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; please apply as soon as possible for full consideration.
Reference #: #31062
Visa: Duke can provide visa sponsorship, and there will be possibility for international fieldwork.
Location: Durham, North Carolina

Associate in Research/Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Jung Koo Kang and Shirley Lu
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Accounting, emerging technologies, climate change, alternative and big data, corporate social responsibility, and corporate finance.
Deadline: Rolling
Visa: Candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization for the duration of the appointment (such as OPT).
Start Date: Summer 2026

Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nina Roussille and Anna Stansbury
Sponsoring Institution:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Fields of Research: Labor economics, markets, government/union regulation
Deadline: We will review all applications and interview candidates on a rolling basis.

Pre-Doctoral Researcher
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Globalization Pre-Doctoral Fellows

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Treb Allen
Sponsoring Institution:
The Globalization Cluster at Dartmouth College
Field(s) of Research: Macroeconomics, Development, Public Policy, Political Economy
Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 1, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.

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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nour Kteily, Tessa Charlesworth
Sponsoring Institution: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Field(s) of Research: Organizational behavior, computational social sciences
Deadline: December 18, 2025

Empirical Research Fellow
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Ashesh Rambachan
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of Research: Machine learning; econometrics and statistics; artificial intelligence
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Researcher
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor David Atkin or Professor Dave Donaldson
Sponsoring Institution:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field(s) of Research:
Industrial policy, international trade and development economics
Application Deadline:
Rolling
Start Date: July 1, 2026

Pre-Doctoral Researcher
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lakshmi Iyer, Taryn Dinkelman, Enrique Seira, Joseph Kaboski, Santosh Gautam, Alejandro Estefan
Sponsoring Institution(s):
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab, University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Development 
Deadline: December 31, 2025

Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dashun Wang
Sponsoring Institution: 
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Fields of Research: Science of science, innovation, network science, computational social sciences
Deadline: December 18

Empirical Research Fellow
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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Yuval Salant, Jörg Spenkuch
Sponsoring Institution:
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Fields of Research: Applied microeconomics, political economy, bounded rationality
Deadline: December 18

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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ilya Morozov
Sponsoring Institution:
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Field(s) of Research:
Quantitative marketing, I/O economics, behavioral experiments
Application Deadline: December 18

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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Garima Sharma
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University
Fields of Research: Economics
Project Scope: Research studying labor markets, market power, and social protection in developing countries
Deadline: We will review applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Pre-Doctoral Research Associate
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Research Assistants

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sponsoring Institution:
The Federal Reserve
Field(s) of Research: Economics, statistics, finance, data science, public policy, or related fields
Deadline: January 31

Research Assistants
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Pre-Doctoral Research Specialist

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Joseph Gyourko, Todd Sinai, Fernando Ferreira, Maisy Wong, Ben Keys, Nina Harari, Sophie Calder-Wang, Jessie Handbury, Gilles Duranton
Sponsoring Institution:
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Real estate, public policy, and urban economics.
Deadline: Rolling
Reference number: JR00112439

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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Vesall Nourani
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Fields of Research: Economics, Education, Development
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Anna Tuchman, Caio Waisman
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Field(s) of Research: Quantitative Marketing, I/O Economics, Labor Economics
Deadline: December 18, 2025

Empirical Research Fellow
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Applied Scientist

Sponsoring Institution: Uber
Fields of Research: Data Science & Tech Innovation; Labor
Deadline: Rolling
NOTE: Link is currently down but will be up again next week

Applied Scientist
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Esteban Rossi-Hansberg and Rodrigo Adao
Sponsoring Institution:
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: International finance, macro, and spatial economics
Deadline: Rolling
Expected Start Date: July 2026

Research Professional
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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Matsa, Jacopo Ponticelli, Filippo Mezzanotti, Carola Frydman, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Dean Karlan, etc.
Sponsoring Institution:
Finance Department, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Fields of Research:
Finance
Deadline:
We will review applications on a rolling basis, with a target initial review on October 31, 2025.
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Empirical Research Fellow
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Staff Associate II

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Accounting Division
Sponsoring Institution:
Columbia Business School
Fields of Research:
Accounting
Start Date:
July 1, 2026
Deadline: 
Rolling

Staff Associate II
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Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Sebastian Otero and Pietro Tebaldi
Sponsoring Institution:
Department of Economics, Columbia University
Fields of Research: Empirical industrial organization, health economics, and economics of education
Deadline:
Rolling

Research Associate
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Pre-Doc in EconCS at Microsoft Research New England/New York City

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nicole Immorlica, Eleonora Dillon, Sonia Jaffe, Markus Mobius, Brendan Lucier, Alex Slivkins, David Rothschild, Jake Hofman, Dan Goldstein
Sponsoring Institution:
Microsoft Research New England and New York City
Fields of Research:
Economics,  economics, information systems, computational social science, computer science
Deadline:
October 27, 5pm

Pre-Doc in EconCS at Microsoft Research New England/New York City
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Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Sebastian Otero and Pietro Tebaldi
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia University, Program for Economics Research
Fields of Research: Labor, Education, Health, Industrial Organization
Deadline:
Rolling 

Research Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Katy Milkman and Angela Duckworth
Sponsoring Institution:
Behavior Change for Good Initiative at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: Rolling
Expected Start Date: June 2026

Pre-Doctoral Researcher
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Pre-Doctoral Fellows

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Joseph Altonji, David Argente, John Barrios, Lauren Bergquist, Leah Boustan, Cody Cook, Zack Cooper, John Geanakoplos, Stefano Giglio, Kenneth Gillingham, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, John Eric Humphries, Maria Kogelnik, Mushfiq Mobarak, Chima Ndumele, Christopher Neilson, Cormac O'Dea, Rohini Pande, Michael Peters, Aneesh Raghunandan, Nicholas Ryan, Natasha Sarin, Kelly Shue, Thomas Steffen, Winnie van Dijk, Diana Van Patten, Jacob Wallace, Edward Watts, Kai Hao Yang, Fabrizio Zilibotti, and Seth Zimmerman
Sponsoring Institution: Tobin Center for Economic Policy and Department of Economics at Yale University
Fields of Research: Accounting, Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Development Economics, Economic Theory, Economics of Education, Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics, Finance, Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Law and Economics, Macroeconomics, Market Design, Political Economy, Public Economics, Urban Economics
Deadline: Rolling

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Research Professional – John List

Sponsoring Researcher(s): John List
Sponsoring Institution: The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: Labor economics, education/human capital, discrimination, behavioral economics, and other topics within applied microeconomics.
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed from October on a rolling basis. Only successful candidates will be contacted for a data task.

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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Quentin Vandeweyer and Anthony Lee Zhang
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Finance, macroeconomics, theory, IO, market microstructure
Deadline: Rolling, with an initial review on 10/20/25

Research Professional
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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Institution: Federal Reserve Banks (various locations)
Fields of Research:
Economics, finance, econometrics and statistics
Deadline:
 Hiring periods vary by location
Locations Hiring: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, New York, Richmond, and St. Louis

Research Assistant
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Bruce Meyer
Sponsoring Institution(s): University of Chicago
Fields: Economics, public policy, poverty, data science, labor, public economics, statistics and econometrics 
Deadline: October 15, 2025 (and rolling thereafter) 

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Tim de Silva
Sponsoring Institutions:
 Stanford Graduate School of Business
Fields of Research: Household finance, macroeconomics, behavioral economics, and public finance
Deadline: The application deadline is October 17th, 2025. Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered on a rolling basis.

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2026 FT Manager, Economist

Sponsoring Researcher(s): John List (University of Chicago)
Sponsoring Institution:
Walmart Economics
Fields of Research: Applied economics, econometrics and statistics, machine learning, causal inference, artificial intelligence
Deadline: They recommend applying by 9/28 at 11:59PM CST! Applications without transcripts will not be considered.
Location: This role is in Bentonville, AR.
About the Role: Walmart Economics applies data science, behavioral economics, and experimentation to problems across the company – leveraging Walmart’s vast data to understand causal impacts and influence business strategy. This is a great opportunity for students who are interested in PhD programs or looking for a chance to apply economic theory, data science, and quantitative skills to big data sets and real business problems.A successful candidate will not require sponsorship from Walmart for authorization to work now or in the future.

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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher: Luigi Zingales
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Stigler Center
Fields of Research: Economics, Political Economy, Finance, Public Policy
Deadline: October 3rd, 2025

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Full-Time Senior Research Specialists for AY26-27

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Zachary Bleemer, Pauline Carry, Ellora Derenoncourt, Simon Jäger, David Lee, Owen Zidar
Sponsoring Institution:
Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section
Field(s) of Research:
Economics, labor economics
Deadline:
Rolling
INFO SESSION: September 26, 2025 1:30pm – 2:30pm ET
For more information, register for a Zoom info session with current research specialists.
1:30pm – 2:00pm: Current staff will provide an overview and answer some FAQs- this will be recorded
2:00pm – 2:30pm: Current staff will take live questions from the attendees – not recorded.
Contact Valerie Ching for access to the recording of the overview, if you are unable to attend.

Full-Time Senior Research Specialists for AY26-27
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Pre-Doctoral Research Associate (Summer 2026)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): The faculty currently hiring include Samuel Antill, Mark Egan, Chinh Quan Le, Maxwell Miller, Jesse Shapiro, and Marco Tabellini. Additional hiring faculty will be listed in the coming months. 
Sponsoring Institution:
 Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: 

  • Accounting & Management
  • Business, Government and the International Economy
  • Entrepreneurial Management
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Marketing
  • Negotiation Organizations & Markets
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Strategy
  • Technology and Operations Management

Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Pre-Doctoral Research Associate (Summer 2026)
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researchers: Professor Alex Torgovitsky
Sponsoring Institution: The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: Ongoing and new research projects related to theoretical and applied econometrics with a focus on causal inference.
Deadline: Rolling

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Full-Time Research Professional (Pre-Doctoral)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Leland Bybee, Emanuele Colonnelli, Steve Kaplan, Yueran Ma, Scott Nelson, Lubos Pastor, Suproteem Sarkar, Taisiya Sikorskaya, Amir Sufi, Anthony Lee Zhang, Eric Zwick and other finance faculty
Sponsoring Institution:
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance
Fields of Research:
Financial Economics
Deadline:
October 31, 2025

Full-Time Research Professional (Pre-Doctoral)
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RPDE-Pre-Doctoral Fellows/Research Specialists

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Economists Pascaline Dupas, Thomas Fujiwara, Allan Hsiao, Seema Jayachandran, and Mica Sviatschi
Sponsoring Institution:
Princeton’s School of Public & International Affairs
Field(s) of Research: Economics, Econometrics and Statistics, Public Policy
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning September 15th until positions are filled and as such, we encourage applicants to apply early.
Start Date: Start in summer 2026

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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Entrepreneurship Research Lab (Emanuele Colonnelli)
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Finance, Entrepreneurship
Deadline: September 30th, rolling review

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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Emanuele Colonnelli
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: September 30th, rolling review

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Research Assistant, Economic Studies Program

Sponsoring Researcher(s): We are recruiting for multiple centers in the program as follows:

  • The Center for Economic Security and Opportunity (CESO)
  • Center on Health Policy (CHP)
  • The Hamilton Project (THP)
  • The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
  • The Tax Policy Center (TPC)

Sponsoring Institution: Brookings Institution
Fields of Research: Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Public Policy, or other Social Sciences with a minor in Economics 
Deadline: October 15, 2025

Research Assistant, Economic Studies Program
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Predoctoral Research Fellows

Sponsoring researchers: Hunt Allcott, Marcela Alsan, Laurence Baker, Matthew Gentzkow, Allan Hsiao, Omer Karaduman, Daniel Kessler, Neale Mahoney, Grant Miller, Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater, Eric Sun
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Fields of research: Behavioral, Data Science and Tech Innovation, Environmental, Energy, Health, Inequality, Labor, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Media and Technology, Microeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics, Public Policy 
Deadline: For full consideration, please submit your application by September 19, 2025

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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Research Department
Sponsoring Institution:
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Fields of Research:
Economics, public policy
Deadline/First Review Date: September 30, 2025
Start Date: June 2026

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Stanford GSB Research Fellows Program

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Antonio Coppola (Finance), Matteo Maggiori (Finance), Shoshana Vasserman (Economics), Tim de Silva (Finance)
Sponsoring Institution:
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Fields of Research: Economics, Finance
Deadline: October 17, 2025. Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered on a rolling basis.
View the details for all available dedicated projects here.

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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Bill Evans 
Sponsoring Institution:
University of Notre Dame, Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) 
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Health Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics
Deadline: Sep 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): The Family and Financial Well-Being Division seeks a research assistant (Step 1/ Research track) with a strong interest in household finance and the social safety net to join the Financial Well-Being practice area.
Sponsoring Institution: The Urban Institute
Fields of Research: Public Policy, Economics, Statistics
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis starting immediately.


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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Milena Almagro, Jacob Conway, Scott Nelson, Pascal Noel, Eric Zwick
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, behavioral economics, IO
Deadline: First review on 9/8; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis thereafter.

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Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Pia Caronongan
Sponsoring Institution: Boston University Wheelock Educational Policy Center
Fields of Research: Education Policy, Early Childhood Education, Economics of Education 
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis beginning immediately.

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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Suzanna Khalifa
Sponsoring Institution: Sciences Po Paris
Fields of Research: Economics, Development, Labor, Behavioural Sciences
Deadline: Rolling

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