Hi, I’m currently a sophomore at Philips Exeter Academy. This summer I am hoping to be able to get a research position, whether that be simply helping a professor with the trivial and tedious work or taking on a substantial aspect of the research myself, with a professor from a preferably American university. I am especially interested in macro and behavioral economics, and I would love to take part in a socially-conscious research project. Currently, I am apart of my school’s economics club, I trade currencies and commodities, and am in the process of creating a new networking platform with a friend, along with numerous other clubs. I am wondering if anyone has any advice to how I could garner such a research position, as I would truly love to grow my passion for Economics while also providing any help I can to advance a more economically-equitable society. Thank you very much for your help!
The “trivial and tedious” work of modern economics research requires advanced math (linear algebra and above), econometrics, and fairly advanced programming skills to analyze vast economics data sets using programs/languages such as STATA, R, Matlab etc. I’d suggest reading some real economics research might give you a better idea of what you’re trying to get yourself into. Pick a top University economics department, pick a professor at random, go to their CV, look at “Publications” or “working papers” and see if you can make any sense at all out of them.
@tdy123 Thank you very much for your advice!