Job Market Advice

Here are some accumulated job market notes pertaining specifically to UCLA students. [work in progress...]

General Information

The job market process starts with JOE, the Job Openings for Economists posted by the American Economics Association.

There is a lot of administrative gobbledygook that has to happen:
First you have to sift through all the job postings to get the ones you want. Then you have to put it all into a database. You have to write a cover letter. Merge the cover letter with the database. Don't forget address labels. Figure out how to address your letter when the contact information just says "Search Committee" (answer: write "Dear Sir or Madam,"). Et cetera... Here are some links to help you:

Valerie Ramey's page at UCSD

The Crimson Machine (i.e. Harvard)

Another part of the Crimson Machine

Of course you need to check which schools are the right ones to apply to. For that you'll need rankings.

Tom Coupe's rankings

Econphd.net rankings

U of Leicester rankings (both worldwide and European)

U of Toronto rankings

Field Specific Information

Macro & International Federal Reserve Board & IMF

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