Participating universities and research institutions offer a variety of post-baccalaureate opportunities, including staff positions, positions for non-matriculated graduate students, and academic appointments. All of the positions below are full-time and require a bachelor’s degree by the position’s start date. The postings below are not PREDOC consortium positions, but are positions at each university or institution, and job seekers must separately apply to each posting to be considered. Job seekers in need of reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should contact the institution directly.
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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
Sponsoring Researcher: Zoe Cullen
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Economics (Labor)
Deadline: (Rolling) October 20, 2026
Sponsoring Researchers: Deborah Lucas and Haoxiang Zhu
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Finance and Policy
Deadline: Rolling
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
Sponsoring Researcher: Matthew Rabin
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard University
Fields of Research: Behavioral Economic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Microeconomic Theory
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researchers: Kristin Valentino and Laura Miller-Graff
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Psychology
Deadline: November 1, 2026
Sponsoring Researchers: Evan Mast and Steven Alvarado
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Economics and Sociology
Deadline: November 1, 2026
Sponsoring Researchers: Mark Berends, Joseph Waddington, and Santosh Kumar Gautam
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Sociology, Education, and Economics
Deadline: November 1, 2026
Sponsoring Researcher: Claire Yang
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Sociology
Deadline: November 1, 2026
Sponsoring Researchers: Finance Division Columbia Business School
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia Business School
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: November 15th, 2026
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
Sponsoring Researchers: Sterling Huang and Chen Li
Sponsoring Institution: New York University-Shanghai, Business Division
Fields of Research: Accounting and Corporate Finance
Deadline: Rolling
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
Sponsoring Researcher: Benjamin Armstrong
Sponsoring Institution: MIT, Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Manufacturing, Automated Systems, Human-Machine Collaboration, Industrial Policy
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researchers: Mert Demirer and Catherine Wolfram
Sponsoring Institution: MIT, Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Development Economics, and Political Economy
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researchers: 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: Priority will be given to applications received before November 13
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
Sponsoring Researchers: Multiple
Sponsoring Institution: Columbia Business School
Fields of Research: Finance
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher: Sam Norris
Sponsoring Institution: University of British Columbia
Fields of Research: Economics and Quantitative Social Sciences
Deadline: October 5, 2026
Email: Applications can also be submitted to vse.predocs@ubc.ca
Sponsoring Researchers: Lars Peter Hansen and Yueran Ma
Sponsoring Institution: University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Macro Finance Research Program
Fields of Research: Macroeconomics and Finance
Deadline: October 31, 2026
Sponsoring Researcher: Jesse Bruhn
Sponsoring Institution: Brown University
Fields of Research: Labor, Public Economics, Public Policy, and Education
Deadline: Applications received by October 31 will receive priority consideration
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
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
Sponsoring Researcher: Federal Reserve Board
Sponsoring Institution: Federal Reserve Board
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Labor, Statistics and Econometrics, and Public Policy
Deadline: October 15, 2026
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
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
Sponsoring Researchers: Zachary Bleemer, Pauline Carry, Ellora Derenoncourt, Will Dobbie, Simon Jäger, David Lee, and Owen Zidar
Sponsoring Institution: Princeton University
Fields of Research: Economics, Labor Economics
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
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
Sponsoring Institution: UCL School of Management, University College London
Sponsoring Researcher: Saleem Bahaj
Fields of Research: Finance, Accounting & Economics
Deadline: 22 September 2026
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
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.
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.
Sponsoring researchers: We are recruiting for multiple centers in the program as follows: The Center for Economic Security and Opportunity (CESO), Center on Health Policy (CHP), The Center on Regulation and Markets (CRM), The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy (Hutchins), The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center (TPC)
Sponsoring institution: Brookings Institution
Fields of research: Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Public Policy, or other social sciences with a minor in economics
Deadline: October 16, 2026
Sponsoring researcher: Atif Mian
Sponsoring institution: Princeton University, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
Fields of research: Macrofinance, international finance, policy
Deadline: Rolling review through October 31, 2026
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
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
Sponsoring researchers: Jonathan Weigel, Dina Pomeranz
Sponsoring institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Taxation
Deadline: September 25
Sponsoring researchers: Jonathan Weigel, Dina Pomeranz
Sponsoring institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of research: Development Economics, Political Economy, Taxation
Deadline: September 25
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
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)
Sponsoring researcher: Melissa S. Kearney
Sponsoring institution: Strengthening Families Research Initiative at the University of Notre Dame
Fields of research: Gender and Family; Public Economics; Public Policy; Microeconomics; Applied Econometrics
Deadline: October 16, 2026
Sponsoring researcher: Richard Hornbeck
Sponsoring institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of research: Microeconomics, history of economics
Deadline: October 16
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
Sponsoring researcher: Dr. Amanda Gilmore
Sponsoring Institution: Georgia State University
Field of research: Psychology
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring researchers: Amanda Kowalski, Dave Chan
Sponsoring institution: University of Michigan
Fields of research: Health economics and applied econometrics
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring researcher: Atif Mian
Sponsoring institution: Princeton University, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
Fields of research: Empirical macrofinance, macroeconomics, finance, policy
Deadline: Rolling through January 31, 2027
Sponsoring researchers: Christopher Snyder & Rachel Glennerster
Sponsoring institution: Dartmouth College
Fields of research: Microeconomics, Statistics and Econometrics, Market Shaping, Public Policy
Deadline: October 15, 2026
Sponsoring Researcher: Eric Budish
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of research: Microeconomics, Finance, Market Design
Deadline: October 5, 2026, then rolling
Sponsoring researchers: Multiple
Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Fields of research: Finance, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Labor, Public Policy, Statistics and Econometrics
Deadline: September 14, 2026
Sponsoring researcher: Neil Thompson
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields of research: Development and macroeconomics
Deadline: No deadline
Sponsoring researchers: David Laibson, James Choi, and John Beshears
Institution: Harvard University
Field of research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring researchers: Ilyana Kuziemko, Henrik Kleven, Evan Soltas
Sponsoring institution: Princeton University
Field of research: Public economics
Deadline: January 15, 2027
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
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
Sponsoring researcher: John J. Donohue
Institution: Stanford Law School
Fields of research: Law and economics; public policy; political economy; economics of crime
Deadline: Rolling, preference for applications before October 23, 2026
Sponsoring researchers: Josh Gottlieb, Maggie Shi, Zarek Brot, Matt Notowidigdo
Institution: Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago
Field of research: Health economics
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring researchers: Dr.Hilary Barth and Dr. Andrea Patalano
Institution: Wesleyan University
Field of research: Behavioral science
Deadline: First review on August 28th, then rolling
Lab Manager
Sponsoring researchers: Christopher Phelan, Graham Newell
Sponsoring institution: Council of Economic Advisors, The White House
Fields of research: International, Operations, Microeconomics, Public Policy
Deadline: Rolling; fall start date
Sponsoring researchers: Peter Ganong, Pascal Noel
Sponsoring institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of research: Public economics, household finance, inequality, labor, macroeconomics, fiscal policy, behavioral economics, urban economics
Deadline: First review on 9/15/26, then rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Laura Chioda and Paul Gertler
Sponsoring Institution: UC Berkeley
Fields of Research: RCTs (Financial Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, and Skills formation)
Deadline: ASAP (Review are ongoing)
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dean Karlan
Sponsoring Institution: Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University
Fields of Research: Statistics and Econometrics, AI, Computer Science, Data Science and Tech Innovation, Meta-analysis
Deadline: Rolling (early applications encouraged!)
Sponsoring Researchers(s): Nathaniel Hendren
Sponsoring Institution(s): Policy Impacts, MIT
Field(s) of Research: Economics, public economics, public policy, development
Deadline: October 4, 2026
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Sterling Huang, Chen Li
Sponsoring Institution: Business Division, New York University-Shanghai
Field(s) of Research: Accounting, Corporate Finance
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Location: Shanghai, China
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rembrand Koning (HBS AI Institute, Tech For All Lab)
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: AI & Entrepreneurship
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Julian De Freitas (Ethical Intelligence Lab)
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Marketing, Behavioral Science
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Zoe Cullen, Madhav Kumar, Yuan Zou, Jonas Heese and Joseph Pacelli
Sponsoring Institution: Harvard Business School
Fields of Research: Economics, Labor Economics, Accounting, Finance
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Shanjun Li, Valerie Karplus
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford University
Fields of Research: Environmental, Public Policy
Deadline: Review on rolling basis with a deadline of August 8, 2026
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
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 Project: City buzz: Quantity, quality, and variety implications of the urban environment
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Diego Puga
Sponsoring Institution: CEMFI
Fields of Research: Urban economics and technology
Deadline: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Location: Madrid (email hiring manager about visa sponsorship policy)
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Poverty Group within the Social Sector
Sponsoring Institution: Inter-American Development Bank
Fields of Research: Poverty, inequality, and social inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Deadline: July 2, 2026
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.
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.
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Amrita Kulka and Nikhil Datta
Sponsoring Institution: University of Warwick, Department of Economics and CAGE
Field(s) of Research: Urban, Public Policy, Data Science
Deadline: July 12 2026
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
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
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
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ed Pinto and Tobias Peter
Sponsoring Institution: American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Fields of Research: Housing policy
Deadline: Rolling – position will start ASAP.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt
Sponsoring Institution: American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Fields of Research: Demographics and political economy
Deadline: Rolling – position will start ASAP.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Various AEI scholars focusing on tax policy, public finance, and international macroeconomics.
Sponsoring Institution: American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Field(s) of Research: Tax policy, public finance, and international macroeconomics
Deadline: Rolling – position will likely start in the fall.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Various AEI scholars focusing on health care policy, the federal budget, and entitlement program reform.
Sponsoring Institution: American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Fields of Research: Health care policy, the federal budget, and entitlement program reform
Deadline: Rolling – position will likely start ASAP.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Josh Angrist, Parag Pathak
Sponsoring Institution: Blueprint Labs, MIT
Fields of Research: Economics, Education
Deadline: Rolling with priority deadline of August 2, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.
Visa: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship and applicants must have US work authorization by the start of employment.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Simon Johnson
Sponsoring Institution: Blueprint Labs, MIT
Fields of Research: Economics, Workforce/Labor, Education
Deadline: Rolling with priority deadline of August 2, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.
Visa: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship and applicants must have US work authorization by the start of employment.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Nikhil Agarwal
Sponsoring Institution: Blueprint Labs, MIT
Fields of Research: Economics, AI, Health Care
Deadline: Rolling with priority deadline of August 2, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.
Visa: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship and applicants must have US work authorization by the start of employment.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Sponsoring Institution: University of Michigan
Fields of Research: Development economics, labor economics
Deadline: May 23
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Senior Research Data Support Analyst, YSE
Sponsoring Institution: Yale School of the Environment
Fields of Research: Environment and sustainability, AI/ML systems, operations, and statistics
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Research assistants will work closely with PhD economists and are expected to engage actively in the research process.
Sponsoring Institution: Andersen Institutes of Finance and Economics
Fields of Research: Applied Microeconomics / Macro Finance
Deadline: Rolling
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Elizabeth Shewark, Ryan Carpenter
Sponsoring Institution: University of Notre Dame
Fields of Research: Developmental psychology, clinical psychology
Deadline/First Review Date: 5/24/26
Start Date: August 1, 2026
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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
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.
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
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
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Senior Fellow and Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy (“Brown Center”)
Sponsoring Institution(s): Brookings
Fields of Research: PK-12 and higher education policy topics
Deadline: Rolling
Please Note: Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Joseph Shapiro (UC Berkeley)
Sponsoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
Fields of Research: Energy/Environmental, Public Finance, Trade, and Health economics
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): F. Daniel Hidalgo, In Song Kim, Rich Nielsen, Naoki Egami
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Department of Political Science
Fields of Research: Political Economy, Causal Inference, Quantitative Methods
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Sally Sadoff
Sponsoring Institution: UC San Diego Rady School of Management
Fields of Research: Education, behavioral economics, experimental economics
Deadline: April 15
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Clem Aeppli
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Sociology of work and organizations
Deadline: Rolling
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.
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
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): 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): Jackson Lu
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of research: Quantitative Social Science, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Management
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): Dr. Jennifer Sumner, PhD
Sponsoring Institution: UCLA
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science, Health
Deadline: Rolling review, Application deadline 5/2/26
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Jan Eeckhout
Sponsoring Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Fields of Research: Macroeconomics and Labour Economics
Deadline: 20th April 2026
Visa: Visas for international candidates outside of the EU will be supported.
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ruru Hoong, Anya Shchetkina, and Jimin Nam
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Marketing, economics, operations, management
Deadline: Rolling
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Samuel Bazzi, Andreas Ferrara, Martin Fiszbein
Sponsoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
Fields of Research: Political Economy, Development, Economic History
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professors Erica Jiang and Terrence Tianshuo Shi
Sponsoring Institution: UCLA Anderson School of Management
Fields of Research: Finance, Accounting
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Marshall Burke
Sponsoring Institution: Stanford University
Field(s) of Research: Economics, environment, climate, health, policy
Deadline: First Review Date 3/19/25
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Ruru Hoong, Anya Shchetkina, and Jimin Nam
Sponsoring Institution: MIT Sloan School of Management
Fields of Research: Marketing, Economics, Management, Operations
Deadline: Rolling (reviews began early March 2026)
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Matthew Pecenco
Sponsoring Institution: Brown University
Fields of Research: Labor, Crime, Housing
Deadline: Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
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.
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
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
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.
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:
Deadline: Mar 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant, Economics
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
Sponsoring Researcher(s): David Schönholzer and Paulina Oliva
Sponsoring Institution: University of Southern California
Fields of Research: Environmental Economics, Development, Public Economics, and Political Economy
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Sponsoring Researchers: Hans-Joachim Voth
Sponsoring Institution: University of Zurich
Fields of Research: Political Economy, Economic History, Cultural Economics
Deadline: Rolling admissions
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
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Emma Templeton
Sponsoring Institution: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Fields of Research: Behavioral Science
Deadline: March 1st, rolling review
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Professor Thomas Graeber
Sponsoring Institution: University of Zurich
Fields of Research: Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
Deadline: Feb 28
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
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.
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.
Sponsoring Researcher(s): Lars Vilhuber and Eleanor Wilking
Sponsoring Institution: Cornell University ILR School and Law School
Fields of Research: Data Science and Tech Innovation; Public Economics; Public Policy; Labor; Econometrics and Statistics
Deadline: Rolling until filled.
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
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