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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Senior Economic Research Analyst

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Research

🗓️ October 22nd, 2025

Python

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Senior Economic Research Analyst for the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. The analyst will conduct economic research, manage and develop econometric models, collaborate with faculty and staff, and support dissemination of proprietary regional economic indicators and academic research content.

Highlights
  • Perform economic, financial, econometric, and statistical analyses using software such as Stata, SAS, R, and Python.
  • Identify, organize, and clean data for analysis and maintain detailed documentation.
  • Conduct literature reviews to support development of research papers, white papers, and reports.
  • Manage and develop models for regional GDP Growth and Productivity and create new economic indicators like a manufacturing health index.
  • Collaborate with Kenan-Flagler faculty and the institute's Chief Economist and have opportunities to co-author research papers.
  • Train, onboard, and provide support to junior research analysts on econometric modeling processes.
  • Support the development and implementation of research seminars and webinars.
  • Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, public policy, statistics, mathematics, or related field, proficiency in Stata, and at least one year experience with R or Python.
  • Preferred qualifications include 2-5 years relevant experience or a master’s degree, strong econometric modeling skills, and experience preparing charts and reports.
  • Position is full-time, permanent, and part of the EHRA Non-Faculty staff at UNC Chapel Hill.