Research Assistant, Economic Policy Studies

American Enterprise Institute • Washington, DC

2d • $50,000 - $54,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) seeks a full-time, in-person research assistant to work with economic policy fellows on a wide variety of issues related to tax policy, public finance, and international macroeconomics. The new research assistant will begin in summer 2026. Qualified candidates should submit a resume, cover letter demonstrating their interest in AEI’s mission, academic transcript, and writing sample that demonstrates their ability to organize and manipulate data and use econometric methods for analysis.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in economics or mathematics, conferred by the start date, is required
• 0–2 years of previous applicable full-time work experience is required; previous internship experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience using Stata, R, and Excel is required.
• A demonstrated interest in economics and public policy is required.
• A strong math or statistics background is required, and coursework in linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and econometrics is strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Python is preferred.
• previous internship experience is strongly preferred.
• coursework in linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and econometrics is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Under the guidance of more experienced researchers, perform library, online, bibliographic, and investigative research and writing for papers, studies, and reports on tax policy.
• Support research through data manipulation, retrieval, analysis, entry, and extraction.
• Edit and contribute to scholarly papers, articles for a general audience, op-eds, and books.
• Create and format charts, graphic displays, and tables.
• Conduct literature searches of various national and international publications.
• Summarize select articles and reports.
• Coordinate public events and private meetings.
• Post content on the AEI website.

Benefits

• AEI offers generous benefits, including 18 days of paid leave (15 days of paid annual leave and 3 personal/floating holidays); 12 days of paid sick leave; paid family leave; medical and dental coverage, in addition to a health savings account; medical and dependent care FSA; a tuition assistance program of up to $5,200; life and disability insurance at no cost to employees; and a 403b retirement plan with a 12% contribution from AEI, among other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level