Research Economist, Economic Research
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA
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Frontier labonsite$320k–$405k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build the Anthropic Economic Index tracking AI's impact on work and productivity
- Analyze millions of real-world AI interactions via privacy-preserving Clio system
- Shape policy and product decisions with rigorous research on labor and inequality
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Ideal candidate
PhD economist passionate about AI's economic transformation who combines rigorous empirical research with creative measurement and translates insights for policy and product impact.
Requirements
- PhD in Economics
- Strong track record of empirical research with novel data and frontier causal inference methods
- Experience studying AI economic impact, labor markets, productivity and inequality
- Proficiency in Python, R, SQL for large-scale data analysis
- Ability to lead research from conception to publication and communicate findings
- remote policy
- Hybrid - in office at least 25% of the time
- visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available with limitations
- hiring process
- Provide writing sample, preferably job-market paper; applications reviewed on rolling basis
Lab profile
About Anthropic
AI safety company building reliable, interpretable and steerable frontier AI systems.
What they build
- Claude
- Claude API
- Claude Code
Known for
- AI safety and alignment
- Model interpretability research
- Frontier LLM development
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Backed by Amazon and Google