JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists) Freelance Researcher Bench: Urban, Labor, Housing and Real Estate JOE ID Number: 2024-02_111474123 Date Posted: 08/08/2024 Position Title/Short Description Title: Freelance Researcher Bench: Urban, Labor, Housing and Real Estate Section: Other Nonacademic (Temporary, Part-Time, Non-Salaried, Consulting, Etc.) Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, UNITED STATES JEL Classifications: R0 General J0 General 00 00 - Default: Any Field Keywords: Urban, Labor, Housing, Land use, Real estate Full Text of JOE Listing: MetroSight provides a variety of research and consulting services related to metropolitan growth patterns, housing and land use policy, and real estate. Founded in 2019 by a former Trulia Chief Economist and UC Berkeley lecturer in econometrics, MetroSight performs rigorous data-driven analysis to provide clear and digestible insight. The firm's clientele includes a mix of public and private entities, large and small, with a variety of needs and use-cases. MetroSight is seeking to fill a bench of researchers to take on future projects alongside their academic routine. Applicants are welcome at any career stage, from graduate students to tenured professors. Compensation shall be set on a project-by-project basis. Most projects will require coding, typically in Stata, R and/or Python. Examples of projects include housing and land use policy analysis, the prediction of residential development patterns, data-driven writing for a lay audience, the creation of economic indices from novel data sources, validation and demonstration of novel data products' value (e.g. information derived from satellite imagery), and more. Work at MetroSight is remote. Non-local applicants welcome. Application Requirements: Application Instructions Below Letters of Reference Instructions Below Reference Instructions: Reference letters are welcome if available, but applicants who are interested in this opportunity and are not otherwise on the job market do not need to produce references. Application Instructions: Please provide a CV and a link to your website/webpage, accompanied by a brief description of the type(s) of work you are interested in doing, and anything else you would like us to know. In addition, please state your: Preferred rate of compensation Availability (e.g. typical hours per week) Applications should be sent by email to aea.joemetrosight.com. J-18808-Ljbffr