Junior Specialist/Assistant Specialist

Position Overview

• Position Title: Junior Specialist or Assistant Specialist
• Department: Business & Public Policy, Haas School of Business
• University: University of California, Berkeley
• Location: Berkeley, CA
• Time Commitment: 100% time
• Anticipated Start: Spring/Summer/Fall 2027
• Initial Appointment Duration: One year, with possibility of renewal based on performance and funding availability.

Salary Range

• Junior Specialist: $57,000 - $60,700 (full-time base)
• Assistant Specialist: $65,800 - $73,200 (full-time base)
• Note: "Off-scale" salaries may be offered to meet competitive conditions.

Position Description

The Haas School of Business is seeking individuals for the positions of Junior or Assistant Specialist to assist in research in behavioral economics and finance, with intersections in applied microeconomics, macro-finance, labor, and health.

Research Areas

• Area 1: Applied Microeconomics (Environmental and Energy Economics)
• Focuses on environmental and energy economics, with links to public finance, industrial organization, international trade, political economy, development, and health.
• Projects examine the effectiveness and distributional incidence of air and water pollution regulation, energy policy, and climate policy.
• Utilizes administrative, remote-sensing, and field-based survey datasets.
• Supervision by Professors Kelsey Jack, Nicolas Longuet-Marx, Joseph Shapiro, and/or Reed Walker.
• Area 2: Applied Microeconomics (Political Economy, Economic History, and Organizational Economics)
• Focuses on political economy, economic history, and organizational economics.
• Supervision by Associate Professor Guo Xu.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and Execute Data Workflows (20% time): Clean complex datasets, identify and resolve technical coding issues, and monitor statistical deliverables for quality assurance.
• Implement Econometric Analyses (20% time): Write efficient, collaborative, and replicable code to maintain datasets and execute analyses using reduced-form (DiD, RD, IV) and structural econometrics (MLE, GMM, dynamic programming).
• Support Research Design (20% time): Assist in the design and interpretation of causal inference models, collaborating with the research team and external experts.
• Manage Project Documentation (20% time): Maintain accurate, transparent documentation of all data processing and analytical steps for research replicability.
• Contribute to Scholarly Output (20% time): Prepare research manuscripts and project reports, including generating publication-quality tables and graphical visualizations.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications (Required at time of application):
• Enrollment in a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent international degree.
• Additional Qualifications (Required at time of start):
• A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent international degree) obtained by the start date.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• An advanced degree by the start date.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a research team.
• Prior experience working with data in a research context.

Application Requirements

• Documents:
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Cover Letter
• References:
• 3 required (contact information only)
• Apply via: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05554