Predoc Tips

Pages with Predoc (RA) postings:

1.  A website collecting a lot of useful materials related to predocs, including coding tasks and a newsletter with advertised positions - Predoc.Org 

2.   Websites to look through many postings 

• NBER posts non-NBER RA positions here

  • NBER also advertises some positions directly here

• Profs and others tag relevant RA postings on Twitter @econ_RA page (no account needed to check the postings)

3.  Organized pre-doctoral research programs with a set hiring cycle for multiple RAs every year:  

• Stanford (SIEPR program, a variety of topics)

• Chicago (EPIC program, Energy Policy center)

• Harvard EPod – look for EPoD Research Fellow postings here

• Harvard Opportunity Insights (2 year commitment) updates posted here

• Yale predoc program 

• Princeton – mentioned in the PhD program application – cross-department university program, unclear how many Econ positions there are 

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For US citizens and/or permanent residents only:

• Harvard Scholars (no visa sponsorships, US citizens and permanent residents only)

• The PhD Excellence Initiative (NYU-Stern) (states that it is for citizens only)

4.   Other sources to check

·       J-PAL Careers (again, a lot of RA positions directly at JPAL do not provide visa sponsorship, but other postings do) https://www.povertyactionlab.org/careers

·       IPA Research position https://www.poverty-action.org/work-with-ipa/current-opportunities

·       Brown, Princeton often have a lot of positions that are not always posted on the above-mentioned websites, you can check them directly in their career portals 

• E.g. Princeton: Predoctoral Research Jobs at Princeton 

·       World Bank has research postings that don’t seem to come up on Twitter or NBER, so you can check their careers under research & quantitative analysis job family https://worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite, there are specifically research assistant positions, but another type is ET consultant that seems to offer a very similar RA opportunity