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What does a VLab research assistant do?
Read this document or watch this video.
VLab research assistants conduct a range of tasks, for example:
* obtaining Institutional Review Board certification
* literature reviews (e.g., journal articles)
* programming (e.g., surveys)
* data collection (e.g., field experiments)
* data analysis (mainly using Stata)
* preparing (poster) presentations
* traveling (e.g., to collect data or visit other campuses)
* presenting at/attending conferences (including Spelman Research Day)
* participating in VLab meetings and coding sessions
* evaluating the VLab research experience by completing this anonymous survey.
What types of topics do I work on?
I am an experimental and behavioral economist that studies topics in development, household finance, and entrepreneurship, particularly in marginalized communities. There are three running threads in my work. First, I hope to inform policies to combat poverty and create wealth. Second, I seek to advance economics methodology, particularly using experimentation. Third, I aim to strengthen the next generation of scholars through teaching and mentoring. This video also describes some of my work.
Where are they now?
Approximately 30 percent of former VLab research assistants have entered graduate and predoc programs at institutions such as Brookings, Columbia University, Duke University, Emory University, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Georgia State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, University of Maryland, College Park, and Yale University.
Others have joined organizations such as Accenture, Atlanta Community Food Bank, CARE, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Dropbox, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Mathematica, and Wells Fargo.
Interested in working with VLab or have questions?
Contact me here or via my Spelman email.
You can also reach out to current or former research assistants via their Spelman email
or social media to learn about their VLab experience.
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OTHER RESOURCES
Pre-college or in college?
Check out: aea resources
Need general research assistant advice? jpal
Are you coding in econ? dur, stata, r, jones
Wondering about, going to, or in grad school?
Check out: aea video
Applying to grad school? fisk-vandy, kudamatsu, leadership alliance (la)
Going to or in grad school? siegel's math camp
Participate in programs such as aeasp, la, icpsr, harvard, phd excellence, stanford
Consider research assistantships or prep programs such as fed, brookings, ifpri, urban, predoc
Other
Applying to NSF? bam! mentoring program, viceisza (updates), this workshop
Check out: nea, csmgep, cswep, ashe
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