Research Assistant (Economics)

The Department of Economics at the School of Social Science

focuses on economic research in many fields of theoretical and

applied economics. These include the Economies of China and East

Asia; Singapore and ASEAN Economies; Financial Economics; Labor

• Economics; Industrial Relations; Health and the Ageing Population;

Urban Economics; and many other areas of Economics. One of the key

projects is economic analysis of digital technology adoption,

financial markets, and policy evaluation. It involves applying

advanced econometric methods to understand the economic

implications of digital transformation in emerging markets,

particularly focusing on China's rapid technological advancement.

We are at the forefront of research combining economic theory with

econometric methods, natural language processing, GIS, and big data

analytics.

The Department of Economics seeks a

Research Assistant to contribute to three specialized research

projects : Key

Responsibilities

Evaluating the effects of China's industrial policies on

firm digital technology adoption and performance using 2009-2024

public listed firm data,

Evaluating the

differential effects of firm investment in Artificial Intelligence

(ChatGPT / DeepSeek releases) on US versus Chinese stock market

performance

Evaluating the effect of mobile

internet infrastructure development (3G / 4G base stations) on

household financial market participation using China Family Panel

Studies data. The role involves conducting econometric methods

using Difference-in-Differences frameworks, Endogenous Treatment

Effect Models, and approaches including natural language processing

of Chinese firm annual reports, job posting and policy documents,

geospatial analysis of telecommunication infrastructure, and

large-scale data management spanning multiple datasets to produce

academic research contributing to the field of digital

economics.

Job

Requirements :

Bachelor's in Economics (or PhD candidates who have

submitted thesis strongly preferred) with 3+ years applied

micro-econometric experience

Advanced

Python / Stata / R programming skills, textual analysis

expertise,

Native Mandarin Chinese reading

capability essential for processing firm annual reports, job

posting and policy documents, deep knowledge of Chinese financial

markets, and experience managing terabyte

datasets.

We regret that only

shortlisted candidates will be notified.