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Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Daniel Schneider (Harvard Kennedy School) and Kristen Harknett (University of California, Berkeley)
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Sociology, Public Policy, Economics
Deadline: 1/15/26
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.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Valentin Haddad and Tyler Muir
Sponsoring Institution: UCLA Anderson School of Management
Fields of Research: Finance; macroeconomics; financial institutions
Deadline: Rolling
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Antoinette Schoar
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Fintech, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, financial intermediation, and consumer finance
Deadline: March 1st, 2026
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.
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Evan Mast, Rob Collinson
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, Public Policy, Statistics/Econometrics
Deadline: Sunday, 12/14/25
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ali Hortacsu, Gunter Hitsch
Sponsoring Institution: The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: Economics of industry
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Neil Thompson
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of Research: AI Progress and Timelines; AI and Science; Future of Work; Market Structure and Firm Performance
Deadline: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Multiple faculty within Wharton Finance and Accounting Departments
Sponsoring Institution: Wharton Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
Fields of Research: Finance, Accounting
Deadline/First Review Date: Rolling
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Amanda Kowalski and Dave Chan
Sponsoring Institution: University of Michigan
Fields of Research: Health, Statistics and Econometrics
Deadline/First Review Date: Rolling
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).
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
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
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.
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.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Juan Antolin-Diaz
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Field(s) of Research: Finance, economics, computer science
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Christopher Snyder, Michael Kremer
Sponsoring Institution: University of Chicago, Market Shaping Accelerator
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, economics of innovation, industrial organization, public policy, health economics, climate, market shaping
Deadline: First review, Oct 6.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Olivier Coibion, Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Texas, Department of Economics, Empirical Macroeconomics Policy Center of Texas (EMPCT)
Fields of Research: Macroeconomics
Deadline: January 31, 2026; First Review: December 1, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Ashesh Rambachan
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of Research: Machine learning; econometrics and statistics; artificial intelligence
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of Research: Economics, labor markets, artificial intellligence
Deadline: Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Stefano Giglio and Johannes Stroebel
Sponsoring Institution: Yale SOM and NYU Stern
Fields of Research: Finance
Start Date: June 1, 2026
Deadline: Rolling
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Andrew J. Scott
Sponsoring Institution: EIT Oxford
Fields of Research: Health Economics, Labour Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Microeconomics, Public Policy, and the Economics of Ageing and Prevention
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until positions are filled.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lindsey Raymond
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of Research: Economics
Deadline/First Review Date: Nov 17th, 2025
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Sugata Roychowdhury
Sponsoring Institution: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Fields of Research: Accounting, financial accounting managerial economics
Deadline: December 18
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
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.
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Vesall Nourani
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Fields of Research: Economics, Education, Development
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr Rui Costa, Dr Nikhil Datta and Dr Matteo Sandi
Sponsoring Institution: Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics
Fields of Research: Education and criminal justice systems in England
Project: Diversion and Structural Change in the Youth Criminal Justice System
Deadline: 30/11/2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Matthew Rabin
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Economics and Business School, Harvard University
Fields of Research: Psychologically-grounded economic theory
Deadline/First review date: Rolling
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Jonathan Colmer and Jay Shimshack
Sponsoring Institution: University of Virginia
Fields of Research: Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Deadline: 11/3/25
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ishan Nath, Anna Russo, Wolfram Schlenker, Charles Taylor
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability
Fields of Research: Environmental, agricultural, development, international trade, industrial organization
Deadline: We will review applications on a rolling basis, starting November 17th.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Julia Minson
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Kennedy School
Field(s) of Research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: Rolling review
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Daniel Greenwald and Adam Solomon
Sponsoring Institution: New York University, Stern School of Business, Finance Department
Fields of Research: Finance, Public Economics, Environmental
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Arpit Gupta and Alex Bartik
Sponsoring Institution: NYU Stern School of Business
Fields of Research: Real Estate, Artificial Intelligence
Deadline/First Review Date: Nov 1 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Evan Rose and Manasi Desphande
Sponsoring Institution: The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI)
Fields of Research: Applied econometrics, labor and public economics.
Deadline: Rolling
Expected Start Date: July 1, 2026
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.
Job Description
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Accounting Division
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia Business School
Fields of Research: Accounting
Start Date: July 1, 2026
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Michael Best, Jonathan Dingel, Lisa Ho, Tatiana Mocanu, Noémie Pinardon-Touati, Eric Verhoogen
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia University
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Family Economics, International Economics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Urban Economics
Application Period: October 22, 2025
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
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
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Pradeep Chintagunta, Giovanni Compiani, Günter Hitsch, Alex Imas, Bradley Shapiro, Stephanie Smith, Avner Strulov-Shlain
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Marketing, IO, behavioral economics, psychology, consumer decision-making
Deadline: Initial review 10/20, then rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Koichiro Ito
Sponsoring Institution: The Energy Policy Institute (EPIC)
Research Scope: ongoing and new research projects related to evaluating various energy and environmental policies in the US, Japan, China, India, Chile, and other countries by using a variety of methods such as randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental research design, and structural estimation.
Deadline: Rolling
Expected Start Date: July 1, 2026
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Yoonsook Ha
Sponsoring Institution: Boston University School of Social Work
Fields of Research: Social Policy (related fields are education, public policy, poverty economics, behavioral science, and statistics)
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.
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.
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Profs. Gustavo Bobonis, Raissa Fabregas, Orlando Sotomayor, Román Andrés Zárate, and Philip Oreopoulos
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Education
Deadline/First review date: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis until filled. Early applications encouraged.
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)
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson
Sponsoring Institution: James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work, MIT
Fields of research: Econometrics and statistics; industrial economics; labor economics; public policy
Deadline: Apply ASAP for consideration
Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Weinstein
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Economics, Columbia University
Fields of Research: Development, Finance, International Trade and Macroeconomics
Deadline: We will be accepting and reviewing applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Melissa Kearney
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, public policy, gender and family
Deadline/First Review Date: October 31, 2025
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Atif Mian
Sponsoring Institution: Princeton University, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
Field(s) of Research: Empirical macrofinance, macroeconomics, finance, policy
Deadline: Rolling review through January 31, 2026
Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Chan
Sponsoring Institution: University of California Berkeley
Fields: Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Deadline: Rolling
Job Description
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Economics professors David Laibson (Harvard University), James Choi (Yale University), and John Beshears (Harvard Business School)
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Behavioral economics, decision making, household finance, and health behaviors
Deadline: Rolling. Early applications are encouraged.
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Zhitao Yin, HKUST Business School
Sponsoring Institution: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fields of Research: Data Science and Tech Innovation
Deadline: Rolling-basis until position filled.
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:
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Pre-Doctoral Research Associate (Summer 2026)
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Josh Gottlieb and Matt Notowidigdo
Sponsoring Institution: Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
Fields of Research: Health economics
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): George Buzzell
Sponsoring Institution: Florida International University
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: N/A (applications accepted on rolling basis)
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Alison D. Morantz and John J. Donohue
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford Law School
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, labor, public economics
Deadline: October 21st, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Dorn
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Economics, University of Zurich
Fields of Research: Labor Economics, Microeconomics
Deadline: 12th of October for applications, 19th of October for letters of recommendation
Start Date: Q1 2026
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Emanuele Colonnelli
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: September 30th, rolling review
Sponsoring Researcher(s): We are recruiting for multiple centers in the program as follows:
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
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Shing-Yi Wang
Sponsoring Institution: University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)
Fields: Development and Labor Economics
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Judd Kessler and Corinne Low
Sponsoring Institution: University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)
Fields of Research: Labor, Gender and Experimental Economics
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Leon Musolff and Sagar Saxena
Sponsoring Institution: University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)
Fields of Research: Industrial Organization
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Arthur van Benthem and Susanna Berkouwer
Sponsoring Institution: University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School)
Fields of Research: Energy and Environmental/Development Economics
Deadline: Rolling
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, October 1, 2025
Opportunity Insights Predoctoral Information Session on Thursday, Sep 18, 2025 1:00 PM CT
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rema Hanna
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Center for International Development
Fields of Research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics, Environmental Economics
Deadline: Rolling
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nathaniel Hendren
Sponsoring Institution: Policy Impacts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of Research: Economics, workforce/labor, macroeconomics
Deadline: The priority application deadline is Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 11:59pm ET, with applications accepted through Friday, October 31, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.
Job Number: 25163
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Samuel Bazzi, Eric Chyn, Andreas Ferrara, Martin Fiszbein, Thomas Pearson, and Patrick Testa
Sponsoring Institution: National Bureau of Economics Research
Fields of Research: Political economy, development, and economic history
Deadline: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until filled.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nina Roussille
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Fields of Research: Economics
Deadline: 10/21/2025
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.
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.
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Jose Scheinkman and Harrison Hong
Sponsoring Institution: The Program for Economic Research (PER), Columbia University
Fields of Research: Environmental
Deadline/First Review Date: September 19, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Sandra McNally
Sponsoring Institution: The Centre for Economic Performance
Fields of Research: Mobility economics, education
Deadline: The closing date for receipt of applications is 24th August 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Visa: Eligibility to work with the confidential administrative data linkage from the UK's Department for Education in a secure data environment in the UK.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Elizabeth Linos
Sponsoring Institution: The People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science, Public Policy, Economics, Statistics
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with the first review on August 14, 2025.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Prof. Dina Pomeranz
Sponsoring Institution: University of Zurich
Fields of Research: Development, Public Economics, Political Economy
Deadline: August 15, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Kate Orkin (University of Oxford), Rob Garlick (Duke University), Lukas Hensel (Peking University)
Sponsoring Institution(s): J-PAL Africa and University of Oxford
Fields of Research: Development, labor, applied microeconomics, behavioral science.
Deadline: ASAP - Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Visa: Right to work in South Africa (citizenship, permanent residency or critical skills visa). Please note that J-PAL Africa cannot sponsor work permits.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics, Multiple Law School Faculty
Sponsoring Institution: Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics, University of Chicago Law School
Fields of Research: Public Policy
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researchers: Kate Orkin (University of Oxford), Matthew Ridley (University of Warwick), Alison Andrew (University of Oxford), Nate Barker (Northwestern University), Rob Garlick (Duke University)
Sponsoring Institution: Busara Center for Behavioral Economics and Oxford University
Fields of Research: Development, labor, applied microeconomics, behavioral science
Deadline: August 8, 2025
Sponsoring Researchers: Shengmao Cao, Benjamin Friedrich, Ryan Hill, Sara Moreira
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Fields of Research: Applied microeconomics, labor economics, industrial organization, innovation, organizational economics
Deadline: Rolling (immediate start date)
Sponsoring Researchers: Francesca Truffa (Michigan), Menaka Hampole (Yale), Ashley Wong (Barnard)
Sponsoring Institution: University of Michigan
Fields of Research: Labor, Education, Innovation
Deadline: August 8, with rolling review thereafter
Sponsoring Researcher: Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Sponsoring Institution: Geneva Graduate Institute - Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
Fields of Research: Climate Finance, Environmental, Economics
Deadline: First review July 20, rolling review thereafter
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Decision, Risk, and Operations (DRO) Division
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia Business School
Fields of Research: Operations Research, Operations Management, Economics, Statistics
Deadline: December 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): DFI and Decision, Risk, and Operations (DRO) Division
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia Business School
Fields of Research: Economics, Statistics
Deadline: August 8, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): NYU Stern Marketing Department (Professors Xiao Liu & Raluca Ursu)
Sponsoring Institution: NYU Stern School of Business
Fields of Research: Economics, Statistics, Marketing, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Machine Learning, Physics
Deadline: Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis, with applications submitted by July 16 receiving full consideration.
Visa: While we cannot explicitly promise a successful visa sponsorship to any applicant, we are absolutely willing and open to consider all candidates, including international students.
Sponsoring Researcher(s):Michael Kremer
Sponsoring Institution: Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago
Fields of Research: Agriculture and food safety; development economics; climate change; and public policy
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Washington, D.C. or Chicago, Illinois
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Research Scholar
Sponsoring Institution: Centre for the Governance of AI
Fields of Research: AI regulation, international governance, technical AI governance, economics of AI, AI risk assessment and forecasting.
Deadline: Sunday 20 July
McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society Research Associate
Sponsoring Researcher(s): PI Professor Rob Reich
Sponsoring Institution: McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society (Ethics Center), Stanford University
Fields of Research: Ethics, policy, society, AI governance, and technology
Deadline: First review of the applications will take place on June 25, 2025
Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) Research Associate
Sponsoring Researcher(s): PIs Dr. Jennifer King and Elena Cryst
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), Stanford University
Fields of Research: Ethics; policy; society; AI data policy, technology, and governance
Deadline: First review of the applications will take place on June 25, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): CUMC and Decision, Risk, and Operations (DRO) Division
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia Business School, Columbia University
Fields of Research: Economics and Statistics
Deadline: July 15, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Eugenie Dugoua
Sponsoring Institution: London School of Economics
Fields of Research: Environment, Innovation, Data science and tech innovation
Deadline: 26 June 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Simon Siegenthaler, University of Texas at Dallas
Sponsoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
Fields of Research: Behavioral Change; Institutional Change; Tipping Points
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): 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 June 16, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Livia Alfonsi
Sponsoring Institution: Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit, Harvard Business School (HBS)
Fields of Research: Development economics, labor economics, marketing, sociology
Research Scope: Prof. Alfonsi specializes in development economics, focusing on labor market frictions and the determinants of labor market participation in low-income countries. Her research focuses on identifying barriers preventing young adults and women in poor countries from successfully integrating into labor markets.
Deadline: Hiring is ASAP
Term: This is a term appointment starting sometime between April 2025 and July 2025, with an expectation of reappointment until June 30, 2027, based on funding and performance.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Dell
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Project: “Trade Policy and Long-Run Economic Development.”
Fields of Research: Political economy, development economics, trade policy, and innovation
Deadline: Applicants will be accepted until June 10, 2025.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): OB Faculty
Sponsoring Institution: London Business School
Fields of Research: Organisational Behaviour
Deadline: May 31st, 2025
Location: London, United Kingdom
Sponsoring Institution: Climate Impact Lab, The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)
Fields of Research: Economics, climate science, data science, computer science
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Kyle Meng
Sponsoring Institution: Environmental Markets Lab (emLab), University of California, Santa Barbara
Fields of Research: Climate economics, data science
Deadline: June 2, 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): James Robinson and Leander Heldring (Northwestern Kellogg)
Sponsoring Institution: The Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago
Fields of Research: Psychology, marketing, behavioral economics, decision science, organizational behavior, and management studies
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Group Specialization: The Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Treb Allen (Economics), Davin Chor (Tuck School of Business), and Yang-Yang Zhou (Government)
Sponsoring Institution: Dartmouth University
Fields of Research: International economics
Deadline: Review of applications will begin 13 May 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Suzanna Khalifa
Sponsoring Institution: Sciences Po Paris
Fields of Research: Economics, Development, Labor, Behavioural Sciences
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): OB faculty (some faculty may include Beth Anne Helgason, David Munguia Gomez, Erin Frey, Jennifer Dannals, Laura Adler, and Minjae Kim)
Sponsoring Institution: Organizational Behavior (OB) group at Yale School of Management
Field of Research: Sociology, psychology, behavioral science, statistics, behavioral economics
Project Scope: Research related to the future of work, ethics, decision-making, cultural stereotypes, discrimination and inequality in the workplace.
Deadline: Application review will begin immediately and continue on a rolling basis thereafter until the position is filled. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete a data or technical exercise and may be invited to interview.
Start Date: Summer 2025
Sponsoring Researcher: Nuno Palma, Department of Economics
Sponsoring Institution: Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development, University of Manchester
Fields of research: Economic history, comparative development
Deadline: 14/05/2025
Start Date: August 1, 2025
Location: Oxford Road, Manchester
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Suanna Oh, Rebecca Dizon-Ross, Heather Sarsons, Sneha Subramanian
Sponsoring Institution: DAI
Fields of Research: Labor, Development
Deadline: May 8, 2025
Location: Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Project Title: The Reimagining the Economy Project
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Gordon Hanson and Professor Dani Rodrik
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Kennedy School
Fields of Research: Inequality, labor market outcomes, microeconomics, energy, public policy, and political science
Project Scope: The project entails constructing and analyzing novel data on the factors that make regional economies prosperous and resilient to economic shocks and the effectiveness of industrial, place-based, and other policies in helping regions adjust to adverse changes in economic conditions.
Deadline: The final application deadline is May 23, 2025.
Start Date: Summer 2025
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Sinja Leonelli, Irina Luneva, Gurpal Sran, and Aleksander Aleszczyk
Sponsoring Institution: NYU Stern School of Business
Fields of Research: Accounting
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Cailin Slattery
Sponsoring Institution: Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California, Berkeley
Fields: Infrastructure economics and financing, public policy
Next review date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Start Date: Fall 2025
Sponsoring Institution: Yale Economic Growth Center; Yale Inclusion Economics
Fields of Research: Development economics, data science, environment, statistics
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Remote
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Duncan Webb
Sponsoring Institution: NovaSBE, Lisbon
Fields of Research: Development, Behavioral Science, Health
Deadline: 15th May 2025
Note: A US 4-year bachelor's degree is comparable to a one-year master's in Europe.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Sadegh Eshaghnia
Sponsoring Institution: The Center for the Economics of Human Development
Fields of Research: Inequality, public policy and intervention, applied microeconomics, econometrics
Project Title: Origins of Persistence of Inequality in Denmark
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Fed economists
Sponsoring Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Fields of Research: Economics, econometrics, finance
Deadline: 30 May 2025 midnight UTC
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Simone Schaner, Associate Professor (Research) of Economics and fellows/staff at Yale University and Inclusion Economics- India
Sponsoring Institution: Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR),The University of Southern California (USC)
Fields of Research: Development economics, applied econometrics, digital technology and policy, gender
Deadline: Rolling
Location: The Fellow will be based at USC, with travel to India and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): John Eric Humphries (Yale), Aurélie Ouss (Upenn), Megan Stevenson (UVA Law), Winnie van Dijk (Yale)
Sponsoring Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Public policy, public economics, criminal justice
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Researcher Alissa Skog; Research Director Dr. Johanna Lacoe; CRPC Principal Investigators; CRPC Legal Director; and CPL research staff.
Sponsoring Institution(s): California Policy Lab
Fields of Research: Public policy and sociology (homelessness, poverty, criminal justice reform, and education inequality)
Project Scope: CPL is the research partner for the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code (CRPC). The Committee is a state entity that studies and recommends changes to all aspects of California’s criminal laws — from policing to sentencing to reentry and more.The Research Manager is the day-to-day project manager on CRPC projects.
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Institution: University of Chicago Trust; Development Innovation Lab-India
Fields of Research: Development economics, health, education, agriculture, climate change
Deadline: Rolling
Start Date: The anticipated start date for this position is between June-July 2025.
Location: Project locations are Bhubaneshwar, Vijayawada, Delhi, Bangalore
Sponsoring Researcher(s): MSR NYC Computational Social Science group
Sponsoring Institution: Microsoft Research
Fields of Research: Computational social science
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
Time Period: Start by June 30, 2025 and end date in July or August 2026
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Alexander Ljungqvist
Sponsoring Institution: Stockholm School of Economics
Fields of research: Finance
Deadline: April 26, 2025
Note: A US 4-year bachelor's degree is comparable to a one-year master's in Europe.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Prof Breza and Viviano
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Development economics and econometrics
Deadline: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Giulia Brancaccio and Felix Montag
Sponsoring Institution: New York University Stern School of Business
Field of Research: Industrial Organization and International Trade
Deadline: Rolling basis (first review 30 April)
Start Date: A start date of September 2025 is preferred, but negotiable.
Sponsoring Institution: London Business School, University of London
Fields of Research: Behavioral science, data science and tech innovation, sociology/political science
Deadline: May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Bruce D. Meyer
Sponsoring Institution: University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Field(s) of Research: Economics (Labor, Urban, and Public Economics), Data Science and Tech Innovation, and Public Policy
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Start Date: Summer/Fall 2025
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Political Science, MIT
Fields of Research: Computational techniques; data models and operations infrastructure; political science
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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