Research Intern – Poverty Action Lab

Project description: The research intern will work on several ongoing research projects, including but not limited to the following topics: i) tax evasion (in customs and in VAT); ii) firms and trade and iii) organization reform (mostly in tax administration and customs).

Responsibilities:

• Cleaning and managing project data with Stata, including administrative data and primary survey data
• Preparing and managing survey instruments and other project materials
• Working daily with local implementation partners in government
• Managing a team of enumerators, including trainings
• Managing the finances of survey activity

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field
• Good quantitative skills and experience with Stata
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluency in English required (native speaker or advanced fluency)
• Being detail oriented and able to work independently
• Familiarity with randomized evaluations and econometric methods preferred
• Experience living in a developing country preferred

Responsibilities

• Cleaning and managing project data with Stata, including administrative data and primary survey data
• Preparing and managing survey instruments and other project materials
• Working daily with local implementation partners in government •Managing a team of enumerators, including trainings
• Managing the finances of survey activityQualifications•Bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field
• Good quantitative skills and experience with Stata•Excellent management and organizational skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills•Fluency in English required (native speaker or advanced fluency)
• Being detail oriented and able to work independently•Familiarity with randomized evaluations and econometric methods preferred
• Experience living in a developing country preferred