LabGov conducts research on financial and policy issues critical to the MFIs/DFIs//MDBs including sustainable investments, impact investing, sustainable impact finance, financial inclusion, climate finance, fintech and digital money. LabGov is looking for a full-time pre-doctoral research assistant who could start immediately before or after graduation. The contract will be for one year with the possibility of extending it for a second year.
The selected candidate should have a graduate degree in economics, finance, or policy, preferably with a strong GPA. S/he should have some prior academic research experience and demonstrate excellent data management skills (significant programming experience in standard software such as Stata, R, Python, etc., familiarity with computer systems, and the ability to handle large databases) and a good understanding of basic economics, finance, and policy. The RA should already have or be able to quickly develop the ability to work with various sources of financial information and data used by MFIs/DFIs/MDBs (e.g. Morning Star, Worldscope, Datastream, Orbis, Fitch Connect, and Bloomberg). The RA position requires full-time commitment (i.e. minimum 3 days in presence to participate to classes, carry out project management and executive tasks, give presentations, participate to projects development activities; 1 day from remote or in presence depending on the need; 1 day dedicated to pure research in libraries, training courses, conferences and seminars, academic writing activities).
Past candidates selected for this position have gone on to pursue PhD and research programs in prestigious universities in the U.S., the UK and the EU, including NYU, Georgetown, Columbia, LSE, Sciences Po Paris, Luiss. LabGov offers visa status as well as fair remuneration and benefits.
If interested in the position, please send your CV and transcript to staff@labgov.it by December 6th.
Also, it is mandatory that a reference send us a letter of recommendation to the same email and by the same date.
Recommenders should be able to assess candidates’ ability to assist with empirical analysis in economics, finance, policy or related quantitative/qualitative social sciences.
All applicants will be expected to complete a test within a few days after their application.