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Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Reskilling and AI at Harvard Business School Harvard Business School in United States

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Postdoc

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Computer Science

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Postdoctoral Fellow position with a salary of $75,000 annually.

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Causal Inference
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About this position

Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity at Harvard Business School in the Digital Reskilling Lab, led by Professors Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo.

The lab studies workplace initiatives aimed at retraining and reskilling employees whose jobs are being transformed or replaced by digital technologies. This is a strong fit for researchers interested in economics, business, statistics, and data-intensive empirical work, especially work on labor market adaptation, organizational change, and the economics of reskilling.

The role involves conducting cutting-edge research with the PIs and independently. Typical projects include refining a research question, designing experiments or surveys, analyzing historical and experimental data, and writing papers for peer-reviewed social science journals. The post emphasizes advanced econometric methods and large-scale data work.

Research and technical skills mentioned: causal analysis, experimental design, difference-in-differences, fixed effects models, instrumental variables, treatment selection, power analysis, attrition and non-compliance, heterogeneous effects, interference, lab/field experiments, surveys, text manipulation, MATLAB, Stata, R, Python, SQL, AWS, Snowflake, machine learning, managing very large datasets, and mentoring research assistants.

Eligibility: applicants should hold a Ph.D. in economics or a related discipline. Applicants who earned the Ph.D. within the past 12 months must provide a certificate of completion or a registrar letter confirming all degree requirements have been completed and the degree conferred date. Strong teamwork and excellent communication skills are also expected.

Funding: the position is paid, with a salary of $75,000 annually.

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

How to apply: follow the application link to the HERC job page and submit materials through the posting. For contact, the listing provides [email protected].

Funding details

Postdoctoral Fellow position with a salary of $75,000 annually.

What's required

A Ph.D. in economics or a related discipline is required. The ideal candidate should have interest in reskilling initiatives, familiarity with causal analysis and experimental design (difference-in-differences, fixed effects, instrumental variables, treatment selection, power analysis, attrition, non-compliance, heterogeneous effects, interference), experience designing lab experiments, field experiments, and/or surveys, programming/scripting skills for raw data processing, one or more statistical computing environments (MATLAB, Stata, R, or Python), experience creating and managing very large datasets, managing and mentoring RAs, machine learning skills, and the ability to write papers for management and economics journals. Proficiency with SQL, AWS, and Snowflake is specifically requested, along with strong teamwork and excellent written and verbal communication skills. If the Ph.D. was obtained within the past 12 months, proof of completion or registrar confirmation is required.

How to apply

Use the application link provided on the job page to view or apply. Review the posting details and submit materials through the Harvard Business School / HERC application portal. For questions, contact [email protected].

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