Economist / Data Scientist

The World Bank’s Micro Modeling Lab seeks an extended-term consultant in Washington, D.C. to analyse how policy reforms and macroeconomic shocks affect poverty and distributional outcomes. The consultant will apply macro-micro simulation models, strengthen standardised analytical and visualisation tools, support country teams and contribute to the Poverty Global Practice’s operational knowledge base.

• Apply macro-micro simulation models for country teams under Micro Modeling Lab protocols
• Create standardised macro-micro simulation models for just-in-time analytics
• Develop and improve analytical, microsimulation and visualisation tools
• Share coding protocols and data archives through GitHub and SharePoint
• Contribute to the Poverty Global Practice knowledge base

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Statistics or a related field
• At least three years of professional experience applying quantitative methods and analytical tools to poverty and distributional analysis
• Strong data-analysis and programming experience in STATA
• Excellent written, communication and presentation skills in English

• Experience working with household and administrative data
• Experience using microsimulation methods to assess distributional impacts
• Proficiency in R or Python and experience using Git or code-sharing platforms

• Microsimulation
• Econometric Analysis
• Poverty Analysis
• Distributional Analysis
• Quantitative Methods
• Data Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• Data Visualisation

• STATA
• R
• Python
• GitHub
• SharePoint
• Git