Post-Baccalaureate Scholar - Dartmouth College

What determines women’s participation in paid work? When and why do women leave the labor force? What explains the greater levels of gender inequality in developing countries? Professors McKelway and Olivetti, both at Dartmouth College, are seeking a full-time, paid post-baccalaureate scholar to support research and teaching on these and other topics related to the economics of gender. 

The scholar would support Professor McKelway’s research, which uses randomized trials to study issues related to female employment and empowerment in India. Some examples of research questions include: can a training in effective communication enable women to advocate for themselves in their households? Could low self-confidence keep women from pursuing economic goals and be self-reinforcing? How does women’s participation in paid labor affect the allocation of unpaid labor at home? The scholar would work on several research projects in this area, gaining exposure to various topics and various stages of the research process. The scholar would support a number of research activities, which could include data cleaning and analysis, drafting surveys, monitoring day-to-day field operations, or reviewing related literatures. There could also be opportunities to travel to the field. 

The scholar would also support Professor Olivetti’s teaching on gender and family issues in modern economics. This is a very popular undergraduate course in Dartmouth’s economics department. Supporting teaching would allow the scholar to delve into this exciting area of economics literature and give the scholar teaching experience. 

The scholar would join a cohort of social science post-baccalaureate scholars at Dartmouth College. The position is paid, full-time, and would last for 12 months. 

Requirements include a bachelors degree or the equivalent, and programming experience in languages such as Stata, R, Matlab, or Python.