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Empirical Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Tom Hagenberg, Jung Min Kim, Matt Phillips, Georg Rickmann
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Fields of Research: Accounting
Deadline: December 17, 2026

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Behavioral Research Fellow (Pre-Doc)

Sponsoring Researchers: Kellogg Behavioral Lab
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science, Marketing, Organizational Behavior
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting January 31, 2027, until filled. Cover letters should include academic career goals and Kellogg faculty of interest.

Behavioral Research Fellow (Pre-Doc)
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Econ Predoctoral Technical Associate: Firm AI Adoption with Microdata

Sponsoring Researchers: Omeed Maghzian and Neil Thompson
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management, Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE)
Fields of Research: Labor Economics, Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, Empirical Macroeconomics, Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Deadline: Rolling

Econ Predoctoral Technical Associate: Firm AI Adoption with Microdata
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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher: Jacob Mortenson
Sponsoring Institution: Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC
Fields of Research: Economics
Deadline: November 16, 2026

Research Assistant
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Predoctoral Fellow Positions

Sponsoring Researchers: 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: Rolling
How to apply: Email jobs.wealth.predoc@llui.org
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Predoctoral Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researchers: Andrew Fieldhouse (Texas A&M University) and Karel Mertens (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
Sponsoring Institution: Department of Finance, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University-College Station
Fields of Research: Public Finance, Macroeconomics, Innovation and R&D Policy, Finance, Economic History
Deadline: Rolling

Predoctoral Research Assistant
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Pre-doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researchers: HKU Business School
Sponsoring Institution: HKU Business School, University of Hong Kong
Fields of Research: Economics, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Management, Innovation and Information Management
Deadline: November 15, 2026

Pre-doctoral Researcher
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Research Coordinator

Sponsoring Researcher: Erin E. Reilly
Sponsoring Institution: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science, Data Science, Psychology, Health
Deadline: November 26, 2026

Research Coordinator
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Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researchers: Joseph Gyourko, Todd Sinai, Fernando Ferreira, Maisy Wong, Ben Keys, Nina Harari, and Sophie Calder-Wang
Sponsoring Institution: Wharton Real Estate Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Real Estate, Urban Economics, Household Finance, Public finance, Industrial Organization, and Development
Deadline: December 31, 2026
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Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant
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Senior Research Assistant, The Hamilton Project

Sponsoring researchers: The Hamilton Project
Sponsoring institution: Brookings Institution
Fields of research: Economics, Data Science, Statistics, Public Policy, or other social sciences with a minor in economics 
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and applicants will be contacted within 4–6 weeks of submission (potentially earlier) if they have been selected for an interview.

Senior Research Assistant, The Hamilton Project
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Clinical Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researchers: Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center (BHCRC)
Sponsoring Institution: Adolescent Risk Prevention Lab at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Health
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: Rolling until May 2027

Clinical Research Assistant
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher: Yunan Ji
Sponsoring Institution: Georgetown University
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, Public Economics
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher: Koichiro Ito
Sponsoring Institution: The Becker Friedman Institute (BFI)
Fields of Research: The Research Professional will report to Koichiro Ito, Professor at University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Research projects will focus on 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

Research Professional
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Jonathan Colmer and Jay Shimshack
Sponsoring Institution: The Environmental Inequality Lab, University of Virginia
Fields of Research: Environmental Economics, Growth and Development, Applied Microeconomics
Deadline: Rolling with the review starting on October 25, 2026 

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
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Predoctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Joseph Shapiro and Reed Walker
Sponsoring Institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of Research: Environmental/Energy Economics, Public Finance, Trade, Health
Deadline: October 29, 2026 (initial review), October 2027 (final deadline)

Predoctoral Fellow
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Salata Institute Predoctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Ishan Nath, Anna Russo, and Wolfram Schlenker
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Environmental, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Agricultural, Industrial Organization, International Trade, Development, Public
Deadline: First review on November 2, 2026. Please send materials to salatapredocs@gmail.com in addition to applying through the link

Salata Institute Predoctoral Fellow
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researchers: Christian Leuz and Christopher Stewart
Sponsoring Institution: University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Accounting, Corporate Finance, Applied Microeconomics
Deadline: Rolling with the first review November 1, 2026

Research Professional
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher: Sarah Jabbour
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Health, AI, Machine learning
Deadline: November 30, 2026

Research Professional
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Predoctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher: Nicolas Longuet-Marx
Sponsoring Institution: UC Berkeley, Department of Economics
Fields of Research: Political Economy, Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, and Economic History 
Deadline: Initial Review Date 10/25/2026, Final date: 11/10/2026 

Predoctoral Fellow
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Cody Cook, Zack Cooper, Janet Currie, John Geanakoplos, John Eric Humphries, Maria Kogelnik, Zachary Liscow, Chima Ndumele, Cormac O'Dea, Rohini Pande, Natasha Sarin, Winne van Dijk, and Jacob Wallace
Sponsoring Institution: Tobin Center and Department of Economics at Yale University
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Development Economics, Economic History, Economics of Education, Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics, Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Urban Economics
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Predoctoral Research Associate

Sponsoring Researchers: HBS Faculty
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Accounting and Management, Business Government and the International Economy, Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, General Management, Marketing, Negotiation Organizations and Markets, Organizational Behavior, Strategy, Technology and Operations Management
Deadline: Rolling

Predoctoral Research Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Program – Global Talent Common Application

Sponsoring Researchers: All professors in the Department of Economics are currently searching for predocs
Sponsoring Institution: University of Zurich, Department of Economics
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: November 15, 2026

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

Sponsoring Researchers: David Matsa, Jacopo Ponticelli, Carola Frydman, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Dean Karlan, etc.
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Finance Department
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: Rolling

Empirical Research Fellow
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Empirical Research Fellows

Sponsoring Researchers: Sara Moreira, Meghan Busse, Ryan Hill, and Shengmao Cao
Sponsoring Institution: Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Strategy Department
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Organizational Economics, Environmental Economics, and Economics of Innovation
Deadline: Rolling

Empirical Research Fellows
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Predoctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Ran Abramitzky, Marcella Alsan, Lukas Althoff, Adrien Bilal, Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynjolfsson, Jose Ignacio Cuesta, Matthew Gentzkow, Binyamin Kleinman‬ Orleansky, Rebecca Lester, Neale Mahoney, Adrienne Sabety, Amit Seru, and Alessandra Voena
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Fields of Research: Economics
Deadline: For full consideration, please submit a complete application by October 8, 2026

Predoctoral Fellow
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Statistician (Research Assistant)

Sponsoring Researcher: Bureau of Economics
Sponsoring Institution: U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, Statistics and Econometrics, Data Science, Industrial Organization, Antitrust Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Advertising
Deadline: October 24, 2026

Statistician (Research Assistant)
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher: Matthew Rabin
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Behavioral Economic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Microeconomic Theory
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researchers: Phil Berger and Valeri Nikolaev
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Accounting, Finance, Machine Learning and AI
Deadline: November 15, 2026, then rolling

Research Professional
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Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher: Rema Hanna
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Center for International Development
Fields of Research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics, Environmental Economics, and Labor Economics
Deadline: Rolling

Research Fellow
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Predoctoral Staff Associate

Sponsoring Researcher: Robert Metcalfe
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
Fields of Research: Environmental, Data Science, Tech Innovation, Labor, and Public Economics
Deadline: First review date October 7, 2026, then rolling

Predoctoral Staff Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Sponsoring Researchers: Chris Barrett, Heather Schofield, John Hoddinott, Liz Tennant, and Luisa Cefalà
Sponsoring Institution: Cornell University
Fields of Research: Development, Behavioral Economics
Deadline: October 15, 2026

Pre-Doctoral Fellow
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Full-Time Research Professional (pre-doctoral)

Sponsoring Researchers: Leland Bybee, Antonio Coppola, Lars Hansen, Kilian Huber, Anil Kashyap, Umang Khetan, Yueran Ma, Scott Nelson, Raghuram Rajan, Rob Rogers, Julia Selgrad, Taisiya Sikorskaya, Amir Sufi, 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, 2026

Full-Time Research Professional (pre-doctoral)
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Research Professional

Sponsoring Researcher: Luigi Zingales
Sponsoring Institution: Stigler Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Economics, Political Economy, Finance, and Public Policy
Deadline: October 2, 2026, then rolling

Research Professional
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Predoctoral Research Specialist

Sponsoring Researchers: Gideon Bornstein, Sasha Indarte, Sergio Salgado
Sponsoring Institution: Rodney White Center for Financial Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: Macroeconomics, Household Finance, and Inequality
Deadline: October 19, 2026

Predoctoral Research Specialist
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Predoctoral Research Specialist

Sponsoring researchers: Patrick Adams, Lu Liu, and Huan Tang
Sponsoring institution: Rodney White Center for Financial Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Fields of research: Monetary Policy, FinTech, Data Economy, Wealth Inequality
Deadline: October 4, 2026

Predoctoral Research Specialist
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Research Professional

Sponsoring researcher: Kawin Ethayarajh
Sponsoring institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of research: Applied AI, post-training, AI alignment, AI governance, economics of AI
Deadline: November 31, then rolling

Research Professional
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Stanford GSB Research Fellows Program

Sponsoring researchers: Matteo Maggiori (Finance), Shoshana Vasserman (Economics), Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato (Economics), Vikrant Vig (Finance), Rebecca Lester (Accounting), Helena Miton (Organizational Behavior)
Sponsoring institution: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Fields of research: Economics, Finance, Accounting, Organizational Behavior
Deadline: October 16, 2026

Stanford GSB Research Fellows Program
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Research Intern

Sponsoring researchers: Jonathan Weigel, Dina Pomeranz
Sponsoring institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Taxation
Deadline: September 25

Research Intern
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Research Associate

Sponsoring researchers: Jonathan Weigel, Dina Pomeranz
Sponsoring institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Taxation
Deadline: September 25

Research Associate
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Research Professional

Sponsoring researchers: Taisiya Sikorskaya, Leland Bybee, Eric Zwick, Francesca Bastianello, Rodrigo Adao, Milena Almagro, Joe Vavra, Christina Patterson, Kilian Huber, Chris Campos, Virginia Minni, Heather Sarsons, Jacob Leshno, Eric Budish, Jack Mountjoy, Jacob Conway, Chad Syverson, Yueran Ma
Sponsoring institution: University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of research: Public economics, inequality, labor economics, household finance, corporate finance, asset pricing, machine learning, macroeconomics, fiscal policy, behavioral economics, spatial economics, urban economics, industrial organization, and housing
Deadline: September 21, then rolling

Research Professional
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Junior/Assistant Specialist 

Sponsoring researcher: Ulrike Malmendier
Sponsoring institution: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Fields of research: Behavioral economics and finance, intersecting with topics in applied microeconomics, macro-finance, labor, and health
Deadline: September 22 (rolling review thereafter until filled — early applications encouraged)

Junior/Assistant Specialist 
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Research Professional

Sponsoring researcher: Richard Hornbeck
Sponsoring institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of research: Microeconomics, history of economics
Deadline: October 16

Research Professional
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Predoctoral Fellow

Sponsoring researchers: 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: Thursday, October 1, 2026

Predoctoral Fellow
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Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant

Sponsoring researchers: Joseph Gyourko, Todd Sinai, Fernando Ferreira, Maisy Wong, Ben Keys, Nina Harari, Sophie Calder-Wang
Sponsoring institution: University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Fields of research: Applied Microeconomics, real estate, urban economics, household finance, public finance, industrial organization, development
Deadline: Rolling

Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant
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Research Assistant

Sponsoring researchers: Various scholars in the Economic Studies program (see job posting for details)
Sponsoring institution: Brookings Institution
Fields of research: Economic history, Education, Finance, Health, Labor, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Public Economics
Deadline: October 16, 2026

Research Assistant
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Research Professional

Sponsoring researchers: Josh Gottlieb, Maggie Shi, Zarek Brot, Matt Notowidigdo 
Institution: Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago
Field of research: Health economics
Deadline: Rolling

Research Professional
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Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rembrand Koning (HBS AI Institute, Tech For All Lab)
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: AI & Entrepreneurship
Deadline: Rolling

Research Associate
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Full-Time Researcher (Finance)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Finance Area
Sponsoring Institutions: HKU Business School
Fields of Research: The research area may cover all subfields of finance, including asset pricing, corporate finance, household finance, macro finance, international finance, and fintech.
Deadline: Review of applications will commence as soon as possible and continue until the post is filled.
Start Date: September 2026

Full-Time Researcher (Finance)
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Research Associate

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Matt Kraft
Sponsoring Institution(s): Annenberg Institute, Brown University
Project Scope: The Research Associate will work directly with Dr. Matt Kraft to advance a range of ongoing research projects related to the teacher labor market and teacher compensation reforms.
Fields: Labor economics, education
Deadline: Rolling
Visa: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Research Associate
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Pinar Yildirim, Marketing & Economics Department, The Wharton School & UPenn; Jessie Handbury, Real Estate Department, The Wharton School
Sponsoring Institution: The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Fields of Research: The job will involve research in applied microeconomics, focusing on projects on the digital economy, transportation and urban economics, and industrial organization.
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed immediately and until the position is filled.

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Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Primary investigators (PIs) on impact evaluations
Sponsoring Institution: The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame
Project Scope: The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is a research center dedicated to reducing poverty and improving lives in the United States through evidence-based programs and policies.
Deadline: Please submit your cover letter and resume no later than 11:59 PM EST on Tuesday, June 30th.

Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant
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Collective Lab Technician

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Sylvanna Vargas
Sponsoring Institution: Collective Lab, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University (SDSU)
Fields of Research: Psychology, public health, digital health, or general research focused on youth mental health and related areas.
Deadline: Apply by June 7th, 2026 to ensure full consideration. Applications submitted after this date will be reviewed on an as-needed basis, and the position will remain open until filled.

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Development and Experimental Economics Research Fellow (Tobin Pre-Doc)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Rohini Pande, Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics, Director of the Economic Growth Center and Inclusion Economics at Yale University, and Maria Kogelnik, Economics Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist
Sponsoring Institution: Economic Growth Center and Inclusion Economics; Tobin Center for Economic Growth, Yale University
Field(s) of Research: International development, gender, labor, and experimental/behavioral economics
Deadline: Rolling

Development and Experimental Economics Research Fellow (Tobin Pre-Doc)
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Research Associate (Gender Portfolio) – Inclusion Economics India Centre

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Research Managers & Principal Investigators
Sponsoring Institution: Inclusion Economics India Centre (IEIC)
Project Scope: The project focuses on understanding general equilibrium effects of increasing women’s labour force participation by giving women more control on their MGNREGS earning at scale on prices, wages, labor force participation and norms around women’s work.
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Location: Bhopal, India

Research Associate (Gender Portfolio) – Inclusion Economics India Centre
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Research Scientist

Sponsoring Institution: NYU Stern’s DHL Initiative on Globalization
Fields of Research: This role will focus on measuring and analyzing the development of globalization based on country-level and firm-level data.
Deadline: Rolling

Research Scientist
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Junior Research Scientist (Prof. Ursu & Prof. Liu)

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Raluca Ursu & Xiao Liu
Sponsoring Institution: NYU Stern School of Business Marketing Department
Fields of Research: Economics, Statistics, Marketing, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Machine Learning, Physics
Deadline: July 16, 2026
Visa: While we cannot explicitly promise a successful visa sponsorship to any applicant, we are willing and open to consider all candidates, including international students.

Junior Research Scientist (Prof. Ursu & Prof. Liu)
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Pre-Doc in Applied AI

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Anya Samek & Erik Johnson
Sponsoring Institution: University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management
Fields of Research: Data Science and Tech Innovation, Urban, Artificial Intelligence
Deadline/First Review Date: Rolling

Pre-Doc in Applied AI
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Junior Research Analyst

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Marketing Department
Sponsoring Institution: NYU Stern School of Business
Fields of Research: Economics, Statistics, Marketing, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Machine Learning, Physics
Deadline: June 1, 2026
Visa: While we cannot explicitly promise a successful visa sponsorship to any applicant, we are willing and open to consider all candidates, including international students.

Junior Research Analyst
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EPA Fellowship in Environmental Economics

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Heather Klemick
Sponsoring Institution: Environmental Protection Agency National Center for Environmental Economics
Fields of Research: Economics, Environmental, Labor, Microeconomics, Public Economics, Statistics and Econometrics
Deadline: Deadline is June 18, 2026, but we will review applications on a rolling basis and encourage submission of applications by June 2.
Start Date: August 17, 2026. All start dates are flexible and vary depending on numerous factors.
Visa: This opportunity is available to U.S. citizens only.

EPA Fellowship in Environmental Economics
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Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow in Economics

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Barbara Biasi (Yale SOM), Song Ma (Yale SOM), and Professor Zhengren Zhu (Vassar College)
Sponsoring Institution: Yale School of Management
Fields of Research: Projects in applied microeconomics, with a focus on higher education, skills, and labor-market outcomes.
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; shortlisted candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview.
Start Date: July or August 2026

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

Sponsoring Institution: The California Policy Lab (CPL)
Fields of Research: The Research Assistant/Associate (campus title: Junior/Assistant/Associate Specialist) is a critical member of CPL research teams working on policy issues such as criminal justice, education, employment, health, and the social safety net.
Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Junior/Assistant/Associate Specialist
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Pre-Doctoral Researcher

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Awa Ambra Seck and Natalia Garbiras Díaz (Harvard Business School)
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Empirical research projects in applied economics and political economy
Deadline: May 18, 2026. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview and a skill test.
Start Date: July 1, 2026

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Research Specialist II

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Matthew Desmond (PI)
Sponsoring Institution: The Eviction Lab at Princeton University
Fields of Research: Sociology, housing inequality research, poverty research
Deadline: Rolling review

Research Specialist II
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Research Assistant II

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ashwini Ashokkumar
Sponsoring Institution: We-Search Lab at Harvard University
Fields of Research: Psychology; politics; natural language models
Deadline: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Visa: Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Research Assistant II
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IRiSS Pre-Doctoral Researchers

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rebekah Dix, Judith Fan, Vasiliki Fouka, Michael Frank, Tishara Garg, Tobias Gerstenberg, Ian Gotlib, Kalanit Grill-Spector, David Grusky, Jeffrey Hancock, Rob Reich, Douglas Rivers, Yiqing Xu
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford University – Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Fields of Research: Communication, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
Application Review Dates: April 10, May 1
Special Note: This position is exempt from the hiring pause.

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Junior Specialist/ Assistant Specialist

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ulrike Malmendier
Sponsoring Institution: O'Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics - Haas School of Business
Fields of Research: Behavioral economics and finance, intersecting with topics in applied microeconomics, macro-finance, labor, and health.
Next review date: Wednesday, Apr 8, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Friday, Jul 31, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Visa: While the position does not sponsor new consular H-1B visas, it does include sponsorship for STEM OPT and J-1 visas. 

Junior Specialist/ Assistant Specialist
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Data Analyst

Sponsoring Researcher(s): John Giardina, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Emily Hyle
Sponsoring Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fields of Research: Health, Public Policy, Statistics and Econometrics, Health Decision Science, Disease Simulation Modeling
Deadline: Rolling

Data Analyst
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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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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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Research Assistant

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Director, Dr. Sarah Gaither in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Sponsoring Institution: Duke Identity and Diversity Lab
Fields of Research: Social Psychology (social identities, perceptions, and behavior, with both adult and child populations)
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting March 31st (priority deadline), until filled.

Research Assistant
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Research in Applied Political Economy

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Gemma Dipoppa
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia University
Fields of Research: Applied political economy at the intersection of politics and economics, on topics of state surveillance and political violence.
Deadline: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Location: Remote option

Research in Applied Political Economy
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Full-Time Pre-Doc Project Manager

Sponsoring Researcher(s): Fatih Guvenen (Toronto), Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford), Gianluca Violante (Princeton)
Sponsoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research; Princeton University
Fields of Research: Income Inequality, Public Policy, Economic Mobility
Deadline: April 1st, 2026

Full-Time Pre-Doc Project Manager
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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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.

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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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