Economic Research Intern
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Fulcrum FoundationPublic policy
Located in and authorized to work in the United States for the duration of the programPart-TimeEntry
Salary$5,500 - $5,500 a year; Stand Together Fellowships pays participants a stipend of either $7,500 for full-time participants working approximately 32 hours per week at the partner organization, or $5,500 for part-time participants working approximately 24 hours per week at the partner organization.
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- PythonMicrosoft ExcelGoogle SheetsR
Requirements
- Be a current undergraduate, graduate, or law student, or a recent graduate, in economics, public policy, political science, law, public administration, or a related field.
- Have strong writing skills and attention to detail.
- Be able to read and accurately summarize dense material, including proposed rules, statutes, and academic research.
- Be proficient with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
- Be able to work independently and meet deadlines in a remote environment.
- Be located in and authorized to work in the United States for the duration of the program.
- Be able to attend all required KIP programming, including the two-day summit in Arlington, Virginia.
- Coursework in economics, statistics, public policy, or administrative law is preferred.
- Familiarity with R, Stata, Python, or another statistical program is preferred but not required.
- Prior research experience through coursework, a research assistant position, or an internship is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Research proposed state rules and regulations for public comment letters, reviewing rulemaking notices, agency justifications, statutes, prior comments, and existing research.
- Draft and fact-check comment-letter sections and compile supporting evidence, citations, and data appendices.
- Track state regulatory proposals, legislative activity, and agency actions relevant to the research agenda.
- Collect, organize, and document data from government websites, administrative records, and other public sources.
- Help maintain measures of regulatory burden, permitting processes, occupational licensing requirements, and related policy variables.
- Conduct literature reviews and summarize academic and policy research.
- Draft sections of policy briefs and research summaries, and assist with editing and citations.
- Assist with basic descriptive analysis, tables, and charts using spreadsheet or statistical software.
- Participate in research team meetings and contribute to project planning.
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