Predoctoral Research Assistant
Core
Build, verify, and document a narrative dataset of postwar federal R&D tax policy changes by fact-checking against primary legislative and historical sources.
Role type
Predoctoral Research Assistant (Academic Research)
Builds
A replicable narrative dataset of federal R&D tax policy changes
Domain
Economics / Finance / Public Policy
Required skills
Data verification, archival research, legislative analysis, academic writing, data series assembly
Preferred skills
Stata, Python, R, SAS, MATLAB, LaTeX/Overleaf, econometrics, statistics, public economics, macroeconomics, innovation, fiscal policy
Technologies
Stata, Python, R, SAS, MATLAB, Excel, LaTeX, Overleaf
Responsibilities
Fact-check and verify narrative records of federal R&D tax policy against primary sources; conduct archival and legislative research; adjudicate classification of policy changes as exogenous or endogenous; assemble and maintain supporting data series; rewrite narrative entries in clear prose; assist with drafting working paper sections; conduct literature reviews; prepare tables and figures.
Seniority
Undergraduate / Entry-level