Summer Internship - Community Development Research (Graduate)

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System.

It helps formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank and savings and loan holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia serves eastern and central Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.

You will work closely with the supervisor and Community Development and Regional Outreach (CDRO) staff to provide data and analytical support to department researchers examining the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals and communities.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is seeking a graduate level student or a PhD student for a summer internship in the bank’s Community Development and Regional Outreach department.  Students majoring in Economics, Public Policy, Urban Planning, Demography, and other related studies are preferred.

Internships are generally a 10-week program.

This is a paid internship.

The salary grade for this position is as follows:

Graduate level student or recent graduate: $26.00 per hour.

PhD level student or recent graduate: $30.00 per hour

Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, and skills, and internal equity and alignment with market data.

You will provide data and analytical support to department researchers examining the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals and communities.

You may also be responsible for assisting the department’s other ongoing research projects and events.

Required Skills:

You must be comfortable performing basic data cleaning and analysis tasks in a statistical program (R, Python, SAS, STATA, SPSS, or similar).

Familiarity with common labor market and economic datasets (Census ACS, Bureau of Labor Statistics OES, etc.) id strongly preferred.

Familiarity with or demonstrated interest in issues impacting economic mobility and opportunity, particularly for low- and moderate-income populations, preferred.

You must be able to write clearly and concisely to develop data documentation and communicate analysis results.

Other:

Sitting at a computer for long periods of time.

Additional Information:


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