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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Research Assistant (Economics)

Fresh/entry level Contract 0 年以上經驗

月薪

$4,000 – $4,500

發布時間

2026年3月26日

截止 2026年4月9日

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類別

Education and Training

技能

collect dataQuantitative ResearchComputer ScienceSocial SciencesResearch SkillsWritingCutting-edgePublicationsLaboratoryResearch

職位描述

Interested applicants are invited to apply directly at the NUS Career Portal. Please note your application will only be processed if you apply via NUS Career Portal.

NUS Career Portal link:https://careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research-Assistant-%28Economics%29/32230-en_GB/?st=352FAAFA9107D11AEF26480100AE1680A0F7B206

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Job Description

Work with Asst. Profs. Siddharth George and Martin Mattsson

We seek to hire one full-time research assistant to support our research agenda, “Evaluating Public Sector Governance in Asia” in Development Economics, Public Economics, and Political Economy. For more information about our research see our websites www.martin-mattsson.com and https://sites.google.com/view/siddharthgeorge/home.

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in cutting-edge quantitative social science and/or graduate work in economics. The research assistant will work directly with us and learn about how handle data and code systematically, econometric methods, how to visualize quantitative research results, and how research papers in economics are developed and written.

Job responsibilities

  • Clean, analyze, and collect data
  • Create visualizations of research results
  • Read and summarize research papers
  • Assist in administrative tasks related to the research process

Required skills and interests

  • A genuine interest in doing quantitative social science research in economics or related fields. If you do not have this interest you will not enjoy the work and will not find the skills you learn on the job useful
  • Stata or R coding experience
  • Good English written and oral communication skills
  • Knowledge of Hindi, Bengali and/or other Indian languages

Desired skills and interests (these are a plus but not required):

  • Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields
  • An interest in development economics
  • Knowledge of econometrics and economic models
  • Experience with LaTeX and/or LyX
  • Experience with web scraping

Time period and location

The RA should be able to start work in Singapore sometime in May 2026 and work full-time for at least one year. They will have weekly meetings with Siddharth and Martin.