Economist, Healthcare Innovations

About the role

The Economist will report to AIR's Healthcare Innovations Team, which supports high-quality implementation and produces rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of new approaches to care and payment—translating findings into actionable insights for policymakers, payers, providers, and patients.

Responsibilities

• Develop conceptual frameworks that guide project work.
• Manage and analyze large-scale data files for research.
• Apply appropriate quantitative techniques to collect and analyze data.
• Organize and document analytic results and research procedures.
• Prepare technical reports and journal articles and present findings to clients, professional associations, and the public.
• Assist in developing and drafting new research proposals.
• Mentor research analysts, share approaches to solving concrete problems, and provide feedback on the work of others.
• Manage or lead projects or tasks.
• Serve as client contact for analytical or statistical expertise.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in economics, public policy, or related social science field, with expertise in econometrics or applied statistics.
• Highly proficient in STATA, and open to learning new statistical tools as required by different projects.
• Proficient in R and Python is preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge or experience with the analysis of large-scale data, and the design of experiments and quasi-experiments.
• Prior quantitative research on healthcare topics using advanced methods such as fixed effects, regression discontinuity, or instrumental variables.

Skills

• Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate efficiently in a virtual work environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently, and collaborate as a member of the team, while prioritizing multiple objectives and projects to consistently meet established timelines.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Strong quantitative skills.

Disclosures

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work, qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.

Accessibility Notice

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to Taliba Boone at tboone@air.org or call 202.403.5000.

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