The Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is looking to hire full-time Predoctoral Research Associates for a period of up to two years.

A successful pre-doctoral research associate will work in this position for 1-2 years, possess a strong desire to expand and deepen skills in economic research and quantitative data analysis, and emerge prepared to apply for PhD programs in Economics, Finance and Public Policy. Research Associates will be encouraged to be an active part of the Wharton research community, which can include attending seminars, exploring personal research interests, and taking graduate-level classes at Wharton. Faculty researchers will provide supervision and mentorship on academic development. The Research Associate will join a cohort of pre-doctoral Research Associates both in the Finance Department and across other departments at the Wharton School.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- BA/BS in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related discipline
- Previous experience as a research assistant or conducting independent research using statistical software such as R, Stata or MatLab, SAS or Mathematica
- Ability to code in Matlab or Python
- Ability to analyze data
- Fluency in state-of-the-art computation tools
- Experience in quantitative analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Self-directed, intrinsically motivated, and able to work independently to solve problems
- A passionate mindset about economic research and quantitative data analysis, anticipating applying for an economics or finance PhD

POSITION OPENINGS & APPLICATION DETAILS:

Supervising Faculty: Professors Joao Gomes and Luke Taylor
Research areas: macro-finance, asset pricing, financial intermediation, and corporate finance
Start Date: July 1, 2024
Specific information and requirements including application instructions, can be found here: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/upenn/careers-at-penn/details/Database-Administrator-Faculty-Researcher--Pre-doc-_JR00081924

Supervising Faculty: Professors Sylvain Catherine and Lu Liu
Research areas: household finance, corporate finance and public economics
Start Date: July 1, 2024
Specific information and requirements including application instructions, can be found here: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/upenn/careers-at-penn/details/Database-Administrator-Faculty-Researcher--Pre-doc-_JR00081923

ABOUT THE RODNEY L. WHITE CENTER: The Wharton School’s Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research is one of the oldest financial research centers in the United States. Founded in 1969 through a grant from Oppenheimer & Company in honor of its late partner, Rodney L. White, WG’57 the Center’s mission is to promote innovative empirical and theoretical research in financial economics, spanning the financial research interests of the Finance Department faculty and PhD students, and those in other related Departments. Ways by which the Center fosters and promotes new and relevant financial research include a weekly seminar series; pre-doctoral research associate and undergraduate research scholar programs; and a monthly research newsletter that highlights the latest research in financial economics.