Junior Specialist - Policy Data & Economics

University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business invites applications for a Junior Specialist or Assistant Specialist to support research in behavioral economics and finance, under the Business & Public Policy group.

You will develop data workflows, implement econometric analyses (DiD, RD, IV, MLE, GMM), and help prepare manuscripts and figures for publication, collaborating with faculty across environment, health, and policy themes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) at time of application.
• Advanced degree by start date preferred.
• Experience working with data in a research context is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute data workflows; clean complex datasets and monitor quality.
• Implement econometric analyses using DiD, RD, IV, and other methods.
• Support research design and interpret causal inference models with the team.
• Maintain thorough project documentation for replicability.
• Prepare manuscripts and publication-quality tables/figures.

Skills

Team collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business invites applications for a Junior Specialist or Assistant Specialist to support research in behavioral economics and finance, under the Business & Public Policy group.

You will develop data workflows, implement econometric analyses (DiD, RD, IV, MLE, GMM), and help prepare manuscripts and figures for publication, collaborating with faculty across environment, health, and policy themes.