"Staff Associate I"

The Department of Economics at Columbia University invites applications for full-time predoctoral fellows at the rank of Staff Associate I for the period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027 to work with the faculty of the Department of Economics at Columbia University. Initial appointments are for one year with renewal for a second year based on satisfactory performance and the availability of funding. The positions will be based at Columbia University in New York City. The predoctoral fellows will work under the direction of one or more faculty members. The fellowships will include a variety of tasks that provide preparation for graduate school, such as analyzing data, developing statistical models, creating presentations, and editing research papers. The fellows will interact regularly with professors and their collaborators. The program serves as an ideal bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in economics.

Columbia Economics faculty members hiring for this position include: Michael Best, Jonathan Dingel, Gautam Gowrisankaran, and Pietro Tebaldi.

Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree by time of appointment and have strong quantitative and programming skills. Candidates with research experience are strongly preferred, especially those with programming experience in Stata, Matlab, R, and Python. Candidates need not be Economics majors, though they should have a strong interest in and some experience with Economics. Candidates would ideally begin around July 1, 2025 and work for two years before applying to graduate school in Economics or another social science.

All applications must be made through Columbia University’s Academic Search and Recruiting (ASR) system. Please upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and a writing sample. The application to this position also requires a minimum of two reference letters. Before uploading documents, applicants first will be asked to input a name and valid email address for each reference provider. The application system will send an automatic email to the reference provider, politely requesting a letter of reference and offering a secure link to the recommendation website where a letter can be uploaded quickly and easily. Wherever possible, letters should be uploaded in the online system.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.