Research Associate-7

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Research Associate-7

The Research Associate (RA) program at the Boston Fed is a two-year program designed for recent college graduates with a background in economics, math, statistics, or related fields. RAs work with economists on a variety of research projects and provide support for ongoing analysis of the New England, U.S., and global economies and monetary policy, as well as bank regulation, the payments system and financial markets.

 

The Research Department provides current economic analysis and policy advice to Federal Reserve decision makers and conducts innovative research with the aim of improving our understanding of the regional, U.S. and global economies and encouraging better policy outcomes.   

 

If you are interested in gaining meaningful work experience, expanding your career options, and serving the public, we encourage you to apply for our Research Associate Program.

 

 

RA Responsibilities

• Review, organize, and analyze economic and financial data.
• Write programs using statistical software such as Stata, MATLAB, R, SAS or Python.
• Conduct literature reviews, perform thorough data analysis, and prepare written summaries of results for economists.
• Prepare charts and tables using spreadsheet and data visualization software packages. 
• Conduct economic research for policy memos and for articles intended for publication by The Boston Fed, academic journals, and business periodicals.
• Design programs to clean data, perform statistical tests, and run regressions. Update and maintain data series regularly used by economists.
• Proofread, edit, and fact-check articles and papers.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in economics, math, statistics, computer science, international relations, or related field with concentration in economics. 
• Strong analytical, communications, and organization skills. 
• Familiarity with programming languages and statistical software packages such as Stata, Python, Matlab, R, and knowledge of statistics and econometrics. 
• Prior research or classroom experience analyzing data.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Economics/Research Family Group

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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