The Brookings Institution · 8 hours ago
Research Assistant, Retirement Security Project, Economic Studies (Job ID: 2026-3795)
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry Level
1+ years expThe Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. The Research Assistant will undertake research and policy analysis on economic, health, and social policy issues, assisting fellows in drafting materials, conducting quantitative analysis, and supporting project management.
EducationNon ProfitPoliticsPublic RelationsTraining
No H1B
Responsibilities
The Research Assistant undertakes research and policy analysis on a range of economic, health and social policy issues for one or more fellows or senior fellows. Duties for this position include a) research assistance; b) drafting materials and working papers, blogs and other publications; d) verification of statistical calculations, literature searches, and computer work; and e) assisting the fellow and other staff with the management of projects
Quantitative Analysis, Programming, and Statistical Assistance (50%) • Works jointly with senior scholars, prepares and revises programming code, simulation macros, database files and regression estimates. • Analyzes data, using statistical packages and spreadsheets. • Prepares tables and graphs output from model simulations. • Updates and checks existing databanks; assembles, consolidates, and checks data from new sources
Research Assistance (40%) • In collaboration with senior research staff, drafts material summarizing research results on specific topics as assigned, for incorporation into working papers and project publications. • Provides analytical reviews and summaries of existing literature pertinent to the projects. • Locates and collects relevant documents and data from sources such as electronic databases, libraries, and government publications. • Compiles, reads, abstracts, and organizes written material into bibliographic form and summaries. • Maintains electronic bibliography files. • Assists with special projects and performs other duties as assigned
Center Support (10%) • Updates web pages in support of the scholar’s area of interest. • Writes and edits summaries to be posted on pages relating to scholar's work. • Gathers related bibliographic, link and current event information in support of pages to be created for a scholar's topic area. • Works with ES communications team to prepare, lay out, and post scholar’s work for publication on the web site. • Coordinates with ES communications team on scholar’s publication schedule. • Assists designated scholar(s) with event preparation and logistics as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, Public Policy, or other Social Sciences with a minor in Economics required
Competence to undertake research assignments with little supervision required
Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S
Strong computer skills and experience required
Experience with software such as STATA, R or other econometric packages required
Preferred
One-year job experience in economics, policy research, and/or computer modeling preferred but not required
Experience handling large data sets and models preferred
Independent research experience preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Generous time off
Workplace flexibility
Company
The Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization that focuses on analyzing public policy issues at the national level.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$3.69MKey Investors
Patrick J. McGovern FoundationAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
2023-12-20Grant· $0.5M
2022-01-01Grant· $1.5M
2018-01-01Grant· $1.69M
Leadership Team
Martin Indyk
Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies Program
Amy Liuv
Nonresident Senior Fellow
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