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MIT

Predoctoral Researcher, Policy Impacts

Pay: Not specified

Posted: 7 weeks ago

Location: Cambridge, MA (Onsite)

Last Updated: 1 week ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 9/28/2026

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An Economist studies the economy, develops theories and predictions about economic trends, and uses economic analysis to address issues affecting people, businesses and society. Follows a specific economic sector, industry or market, or studies monetary and fiscal policy, government policy or international economics.

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PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, POLICY IMPACTS

, Economics , to conduct economic analysis as part of Policy Impacts , an organization founded by Professor Hendren that is dedicated to improving the quality of government decision-making by promoting standardization in policy analysis. Will work directly with Professor Hendren on research topics in applied micro-economics and empirical welfare analysis. Topics likely include the welfare analysis of international development policies, macroeconomic stabilization and fiscal stimulus policies, policies targeting firms, and the impact and incidence of labor market shocks. Work will involve detailed and careful analysis and coding of the welfare impacts of government policies, literature reviews, and advanced meta-analysis methods using Stata, GitHub, and Claude Code. Some projects also involve analysis of large-scale datasets derived from Census and IRS tax forms. The projects will also build upon earlier work studying the welfare impacts of government policies , the impact of local labor markets on upward economic mobility , and the effectiveness of policies addressing climate change .