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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Full-time Post Doctoral Associate position(s).
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Available January 2015 or later, with duration of two to three years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b>Employer<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Professor Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b>Location<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Cambridge, MA USA. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Postdocs will be expected to reside and work in Cambridge for the full two years<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b>Job Description<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) is a major research effort addressing one of the most critical issues of our time: the impact of digital technology on businesses, the economy, and society. Drawing
on MIT Sloan’s strengths in technology and innovation, its internationally recognized faculty, and more than a decade of research and partnership with MIT Sloan’s Center for Digital Business, the IDE is analyzing the broad sociological, economic, and organizational
changes brought about by the advance and spread of digital technology. For more information, see
<a href="http://mitsloan.mit.edu/ide">http://mitsloan.mit.edu/ide</a> .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">We seek one or more Postdoctoral Associates to work on research projects under the supervision of faculty and other principal investigators. High-level topic areas include: the impact of technological change
on skills and wages, emergence of new digital business models, digital transformation of enterprises, mega-scale digital experimentation, social prediction, and others. Our research projects balance rigor and relevance, aiming to produce papers for top academic
journals while also informing policy and practice through other contributions. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b>Requirements<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">We are looking for highly motivated postdoctoral researcher(s) with extensive experience in econometrics, data analytics, and/or economics. Ideal candidates will be able to work well with academics and industry
executives alike. English language skills (verbal and written) must be excellent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b>Salary<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Commensurate with experience, and competitive with similar positions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b>To apply</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify">Please send a CV and research sample to MIT IDE Executive Director David Verrill (<a href="mailto:dverrill@mit.edu">dverrill@mit.edu</a>)
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