Research Assistant or Senior Research Assistant, The Hamilton Project (Job ID: 2025-3757)

Overview

Join one of the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tanks!  

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.  

  

We bring together leading experts in government and academia from all over the world, rooted in open-minded inquiry and representing diverse points of view, who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis. Research topics cover a full range of public policy issues in economics, foreign policy, development, governance and metropolitan policy. 

  

With fair and transparent business practices, clear communication, mutual respect, and a collaborative atmosphere that offers both professional and personal development opportunities, Brookings offers an inclusive and welcoming workplace that values the efforts of all contributors. 

 

About the Economic Studies Program: The Economic Studies program analyzes current and emerging economic issues facing the United States and the world and, based on that research, provides innovative, practical policy recommendations. ES’s work covers a broad array of economic issues, including economic growth, economic opportunity and mobility, the labor market, regulation, health policy, the environment, tax policy, retirement policy, and fiscal and monetary policy. Economic Studies scholars influence key economic policies by conducting rigorous and relevant research and then disseminating and communicating their findings to the policy community and to the broader public.

 

About the Hamilton Project: The Hamilton Project (THP) at the Brookings Institution produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans. Our economic strategy reflects a judgment that long term prosperity is best achieved by making economic growth broad-based, by enhancing individual economic security, and by embracing a role for effective government in making needed public investments. THP focuses on a broad range of topics in macroeconomics and applied microeconomics with economy policy relevance. Current and recent projects include papers on tax reform, the macroeconomic and fiscal consequences of immigration, gaps in the social insurance system, policies to strengthen the labor market and enhance wage growth, and policies to support communities’ economic development. Visit www.hamiltonproject.org for more information.

 

Position Location: This position is hybrid. Hybrid positions combine regular in-person presence at our Washington, DC office with the option of two days of remote work each week.  

 

Please Note: This position is included in the staff bargaining unit, Brookings United, affiliated with the IFPTE Local 70 union, and is covered under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. 

Responsibilities

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The Research Assistant or Senior Research Assistant will help develop and execute an overall policy agenda and policy strategy as a member of The Hamilton Project team. This includes doing original policy-relevant analysis and co-authoring research, analyzing data and presenting findings visually and in writing, providing research support to the Director, Associate Director, and other THP-affiliated or commissioned authors on a wide range of topics in economic policy, and assisting with the production of Hamilton Project work.

 

Research and Policy Development (45%)

• With Director, Associate Director, and Hamilton Project staff, discuss and review policy areas and ideas for research, development, and commissions.

• Support policy development by researching various policy areas, remaining abreast of most recent research and policy activity.

• Independently analyze data in Excel, STATA, R or similar software and present findings accurately and accessibly both visually and in writing.

• Create and/or maintain charts, figures, and data interactives to illustrate research findings for internally authored and commissioned Hamilton Project papers.

Writing and Editing (35%)

• Co-author Hamilton Project research products including Economic Facts, and long- and short-form empirical analyses on policy-relevant topics in economics.

• Take a lead role in drafting summaries of commissioned Hamilton Project proposals for release as policy briefs.

Production Coordination (20%)

• Work with Director, Associate Director, and commissioned author(s) on Hamilton Pro