See below from Sarah Cowan:
I write to announce the launch of the Cash Transfer Lab. Our mission is to build an evidence base regarding cash transfer policies like a Universal Basic Income. We answer the fundamental questions of how a Universal Basic Income policy would transform American families, communities and economies. The first major initiative is to study the effects of the permanent fund dividend (PFD), a policy in Alaska that has paid every Alaskan resident a substantial amount of cash annually since 1982. This is the closest policy in the world to a Universal Basic Income.
You can read about the Cash Transfer Lab here.
We are hiring a postdoctoral associate to work on causal inference modeling. This scholar will work primarily with myself and Jennifer Hill. Details on the position and how to apply is here. We are looking for someone who has expertise in causal inference and has earned a PhD or will by September 1, 2021.
Please spread the word!
This looks great! Also the postdoc could have fun conversations with us at Columbia too.
Of course! That’s part of the appeal. But Andy, you’re generous with your time so it doesn’t require a postdoc with your close collaborator Jennifer Hill, to get to have fun conversations with you.
Are generous cash transfers to the applicant a part of the deal? :)
Rahul:
I’m reminded of the time I gave a talk at the Harvard Inequality Center. I started off by saying how impressed I was with the place, how fancy it was, they had a great lunch buffet . . . nobody does inequality like Harvard!
On a similar note I remember reading in a US University public salary disclosure document a Poverty Center position with a 200k+ compensation.
would you prefer they pay less and hire someone less competent? is it impossible for you to conceive of the possibility that someone might have a $200k contribution to some anti-poverty effort?
How did they respond????
I guess they laughed . . . I don’t remember.
Hi!
Sarah Cowan here. Of course you will be paid well. But the cash transfers will be delicious snack transfers. Everyone I manage eats really well!
Helicopter drops of bagels!
Sure!
I’m dropping some Breads chocolate babkas on some partners today.