Applied Economics Research Assistant
Applied Economics Research Assistant
Project Description:
The objective of this role is to support community resilience planning through the development of methods and tools that evaluate the economic impacts of disruptive events and persistent stressors, while accounting for stakeholder perceptions and associated decisions related to future event uncertainty and co-benefit (co-cost) valuation. There will be a special focus on criteria and methods to improve the resilient performance of structural systems in the built environment while maintaining cost-effectiveness and supporting community-defined objectives in addition to resilience. Additionally, this researcher will work on the Hurricane Maria Investigation and Supplemental project on Hurricane Fiona and their impact on Puerto Rico.
Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, leading the following activities:
- Analyzing data
- Reviewing relevant literature
- Designing data collection instruments (surveys)
- Writing reports and research articles
- Publishing within refereed journals and technical research series
- Communicating research at professional conferences
Desired Qualifications:
- Must be a US citizen
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics
- At least one year of relevant research experience
- Proficiency in Stata (hypothesis testing, causal analysis, data visualization)
- Proficiency in Zotero or similar
- Proficiency in Excel (large scale data cleaning, validation, and visualization)
- At least one peer-reviewed publication in a professional journal
- At least one first author technical publication
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- At least one conference presentation
- Experience working with LLMs
- Proficiency in LaTeX (Overleaf)
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Logical thinking and problem solving
- Patience and attention to detail
- Excellent writing and communication skills
Other Details:
- Full-time: the participant is expected to work 40 hours a week
- Location: the participant will work at the NIST Gaithersburg Campus.
- Duration: this is expected to be a one-year position. Extensions are sometimes granted depending on the availability of funds.