Economist

Oxford Economics
New York - United States
S: Based on education&experience

Oxford Economics is one of the world's leading economics consultancies, providing advice to international institutions, governments and blue-chip companies.

We are seeking to hire a high-caliber junior economist/economist to our US Consultancy team, based in New York City. This will be a highly technical position, and familiarity and comfort finding and working with real world economic data is essential. A solid grounding in core micro and macro-economic theory, and familiarity with statistics and econometrics at an advanced undergraduate level are required. In addition, solid communication and writing skills are important.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting data-based research and modeling across a number of workstreams, such as economic impact (input-output) analysis, index development, sector, and regional forecasting and state/local US economic development. The role would be predominately providing technical input to consulting engagements and new product development across a range of topic. This may include econometric analysis, other statistical analysis and other modeling techniques such as input-output modeling.
• Examples of possible research would be: collecting, collating and analyzing company-level data to build an index; developing economic profiles for communities and regions for strategic planning using government and other data sets; collecting airline operation data and incorporating into an input-output model for a Latin American economy.
• Developing new techniques and innovative approaches to meet clients' economic consulting requirements.
• Contributing to the technical documentation that accompanies new products or that could be included in the technical appendices of consulting reports.
• Quickly familiarizing yourself with a new topic, and thinking creatively about quantitative ways to address on a short time frame. Past research topics have included: the effect of regulation on innovation, the economic effects of the Internet of Things, the geography of affordable housing demand, an analysis of the impacts of changes to overtime rules, a comparative analysis of different locations for data centers, and a profile of the gaming industry.

The role would require independent work, and liaising with colleagues in the economic impact and cities team in New York, Belfast and London as well as potentially other teams within Oxford Economics, under the supervision of Dan Martin (Senior Economist).

The following skills are required for this role:

• Strong academic education at an undergraduate or postgraduate level
• 0-3 years' previous experience in econometric analysis—specific coursework that resulted in a report or evidence of skills acquired can be included as experience
• Comfort with standard MS Office software, especially Excel
• Competent use of Eviews, Stata, R, SAS or similar statistical analysis software packages
• Strong analytical and communication skills (both oral and in writing)
• Ability to work effectively in teams across different offices and to tight deadlines
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once

Please provide the following as part of the application:

• A short cover letter explaining your interest and any special situations. Please indicate a preferred start date.
• Your CV or resume.
• An unofficial academic transcript.
• A short writing sample.
• (optional) A short econometrics computer program you've written (can be for a class and in any language), along with a short description of what it does.
• A letter of recommendation

Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.

Please email Dan Martin: danmartin@oxfordeconomics.com with applications. Title the email: Economist Job Posting

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