Microsoft Research is a unique research environment, balancing an open, self-directed and highly interdisciplinary academic lab with the opportunity to engage with business groups and their associated data, collaborators, and experimentation platforms.
Postdoctoral researchers are hired for a one or two-year fixed-term appointment and receive a competitive salary/benefits package and eligible for relocation expenses. There are 1-2 positions open in economics and these require the completion of a Ph.D. in economics or closely related fields before starting at Microsoft Research. However, we also welcome interdisciplinary applications from candidates with some interest in economics but also strong backgrounds in other fields. All positions are based in Cambridge, MA.
Access to Data: Postdoctoral researchers have wide-ranging access to Microsoft data. While certainly not constrained to utilize Microsoft data assets, we expect empirical researchers to benefit greatly from access to data from various Microsoft businesses. In the past research has used data on online advertising auctions, Xbox Live platform, web browsing and internal datasets related to firm and employee behavior.
Interdisciplinary: Permanent researchers include top scholars in anthropology, applied mathematics, biology, communications, computer science, economics, law, machine learning, physics, psychology, sociology and statistics, physics. Postdoctoral researchers in past years have collaborated extensively across disciplinary boundaries with great success and we expect attention to such interdisciplinary research to grow further as economics and computer science become more tightly integrated as fields.
Fields: We hire in all fields related to microeconomics and econometrics, including auctions and market design, platform economics, industrial organization, machine learning, personnel economics, social networks analysis, behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, applied microeconomics, economics of digitization and e-commerce and applied game theory. However, exceptional candidates in all fields will receive full consideration and interdisciplinary candidates with backgrounds in any of the above-listed interdisciplinary fields are warmly welcomed.
Applicants should apply through job openings for economists (JOE) by submitting a job market paper, cover letter, CV, statement of research interests, and three letters of recommendation. Applications are due November 20th. We will follow the standard process of AEA interview followed by fly-outs for top applicants, though in some cases we may consider interdisciplinary candidates through a process adapted to their field of study.
To learn more about our group and the job openings, please visit: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/microeconomics/
Application Requirements: Job Market Paper, 2 Optional Papers, 3 Letters of Recommendation, CV, Cover Letter (optional), Research Statement (optional)
Application deadline on JOE: 11/20/2019
For more information, email: EconPostDoc@Microsoft.com
Responsibilities
As a postdoc, you define your research agenda in collaboration with other researchers, driving forward an effective program of basic, fundamental, and applied research. We highly value collaboration and building new ideas with members of the group and others. You have the direct opportunity to realize your ideas in products and services used worldwide.
· PhD in economics or a related field
· Research ability demonstrated by journal publications, working papers, and job market paper.
· Research agenda that is complementary to Microsoft economics group.
Qualifications
- Are you pursuing a PhD in economics or a related field?
- Will you have finished your PhD by end of summer 2019?
- Do you work in fields that are complementary to MSR economics, such as industrial organization, micro theory, market design, applied micro, behavioral economics, econometrics, machine learning, and other related fields?
This role is not to exceed two years
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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