The Office of the Chief Economist (“OCE”) consists of a team of around 20 economists, economic analysts, and support staff. It contributes to the operational, policy and strategy work of the Bank and provides intellectual leadership on the development of well-functioning market economies in the EBRD’s region of operation, which comprises countries in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, Mongolia, as well as some economies in North Africa. OCE also supports the Bank’s operations by monitoring macroeconomic developments and risks. In addition, OCE undertakes economic research, and publishes the EBRD’s Transition Report and other research-based papers and reports.
The Office of the Chief Economist is looking for full-time summer interns to support the OCE teams working on the Transition Report.
Responsibilities :
The duties of the intern will include, but may not be limited to, the following:
Working on analysis of household surveys conducted in around 40 countries.
Downloading, cleaning and preparing a variety of datasets on macroeconomic and microeconomic issues pertaining to recent developments in the transition region.
Conducting statistical analyses based on these data and create graphs and charts to be used in the Transition Report and various presentations.
Contribute to drafting a working paper or a chapter of the Report.
Essential Skills, Experience & Qualifications:
A Ph.D. candidate in Economics or related field or a Master’s degree in economics or a related field from a leading university. Candidates with a strong, quantitatively oriented economics degree at the Bachelor’s level will be considered in exceptional cases;
Strong quantitative skills, including knowledge of spreadsheet and econometric or statistical software (in particular STATA / R / Python);
Good command of statistics and data analysis in general. Ability to work with large microeconomic and macroeconomic datasets.
