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Research Economist

Employment Security Department (Washington state) Economics logo

Employment Security Department (Washington state)
Lacey - United States
S: $60,924.00 - $79,944.00 Annual

Our Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch of ESD is in need of two (2) project based Research Economists to evaluate the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA), a key federally funded program that helps unemployment insurance claimants return to work faster. As a Research Economist you be responsible to gather, input, prepare and clean raw data to use in casual impact analysis of the program.

Why work with us?

The work we do matters. The Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch supports the agency mission and the employment process by providing businesses, individuals and other customers with the labor market information they need to succeed in a changing economy. As a Research Economists you will have the discretion and freedom to choose the methods of your research with little supervision. We won't micromanage your work. Our weekly meetings will consist of sharing ideas, learning from one another, valuable collaboration and teamwork.

What a typical day looks like:
Research, test, specify and implement appropriate econometric models using statistical software programing languages.
Literature review to ensure reliability and validity of estimation methods.
On a project or continuing basis, lead staff conducting economic research and analysis.
Extract and share data with customers according to their business needs.
Update and maintain clear and detailed documentation of all standard work procedures and processes of the position.
Review, evaluate, and proofread work products completed by coworkers to ensure the highest quality products possible.

Requirement Qualifications:

Authorship or co-authorship in two research papers that are either published or in-progress in which your work is the major contribution.
Two (2) years experience working with causal impact evaluation methods such as Randomized Control Trial, Interrupted Time Series, Propensity Score Matching, Regression Discontinuity, Instrumental Variable Regression, and/or Difference-in-Differences.

AND

A Master's degree or equivalent in a Ph.D. program in economics, public finance or closely allied field; and three (3) years of professional experience in economic analysis.
OR
Two (2) years as an Economic Analyst in State service.
*Professional experience in economic analysis may be substituted, year for year, for the required education, provided a Bachelor's degree in economics, public finance or closely allied field has been obtained.*
*Additional graduate training in economics or public finance may be substituted, year for year, for experience.*


Desired Qualifications:

Demonstrated ability to:
Use specialized software (for example, SAS, R or SQL) to collect data from large databases (big data or internal databases), create data sets for econometric or statistical analysis and conduct econometric or statistical analysis.
Write technical and plain language reports.
Review and edit peer's reports for a general or technical audience.
Interact confidently and effectively with stakeholders, customers, researchers and other audiences.
Manage projects

Job summary

Employer:

Employment Security Department (Washington state)

Location:

Lacey, United States

Education:

Master's Degree

Sector:

Government Economist

Salary:

$60,924.00 - $79,944.00 Annual

Job Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full-Time

Posted:

16th October 2019

Apply By:

30th November 2019

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