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School: Harvard Business School

Position Description:

• Causal analysis and experimental design: difference-in-differences and fixed effects models, instrumental variables, treatment selection, power analysis, analysis of attrition and non-compliance, analysis of heterogeneous effects and interference;
• Designing lab experiments, field experiments, and/or surveys;
• Programming/scripting knowledge suitable for processing raw data for analysis (e.g., text manipulation);
• One or more computational environments for statistical analysis (e.g., MATLAB, Stata, R, or Python);
• Creating and managing very large datasets;
• Machine learning skills;
• Writing papers for management and economics journals; 
• Interest in reskilling initiatives;
• Working with partner organizations or companies.

Basic Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in economics or related discipline. PLEASE NOTE: If you have obtained your Ph.D. in the past 12 months you must be able to provide a certificate of completion from the degree-granting institution OR a letter from the institute's registrar stating all requirements for the degree have been successfully completed and should verify the date the degree has been conferred. No exceptions.
• Proficiency in the use of large datasets using SQL, AWS, Snowflake.
• Strong team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Contact Information:

Contact Email: lkelley@hbs.edu

Special Instructions:

• Curriculum vitae
• Link to Github account and/or any software developed
• Copy of academic records (official records are acceptable)
• 2-page research statement describing prior research experience and future research plans
• Two representative publications (preprints are acceptable)
• Three letters of recommendation.

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