Economist Consultant: Microsimulation for Poverty & Policy

Inter-American Development Bank; Washington; Presencial; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Inter-American Development Bank seeks an Economist with expertise in poverty, inequality and microsimulation to develop a comprehensive microsimulation model and GUI. You will process data, design baselines, code simulations, and validate results for regional policy insights.

The role involves collaboration with the Poverty Group in the Social Sector to deliver reproducible code, documentation, and training to IDB staff and counterparts.

Formación

• Master’s degree required; Ph.D. desirable.
• Minimum five years in labor markets, poverty and inequality research with microsimulation experience.
• Proficiency in Stata, R, or Python and reproducible research practices.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare databases consolidating microdata with macro indicators.
• Design and estimate a baseline microsimulation model with labour income equations.
• Program simulation routines translating projections to individuals and households.
• Develop results and scenario analysis modules for poverty and inequality indicators.
• Validate model with backcasting and sensitivity analyses.
• Scale modules from one country to all countries with harmonized data.

Conocimientos

Economics research

Microsimulation

Stata/R/Python

AI coding assistants

Educación

Master’s degree in Economics

Ph.D. desirable

Herramientas

Stata

R

Python

Descripción del empleo

Inter-American Development Bank seeks an Economist with expertise in poverty, inequality and microsimulation to develop a comprehensive microsimulation model and GUI. You will process data, design baselines, code simulations, and validate results for regional policy insights.

The role involves collaboration with the Poverty Group in the Social Sector to deliver reproducible code, documentation, and training to IDB staff and counterparts.