Urgent need for Research Assistant

• Remote work
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in economics/social sciences/sciences or related fields.
Interest in economic development and political economy issues is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Stata is required (Ability to work with ArcGIS, python is a plus)
• Language requirement: Indonesian, English
• Relevant work experience: This position requires demonstrated experience working with
Stata and writing Stata code for cleaning and converting raw data into use-able datasets for
analysis (I.e. tasks like reshaping, cleaning/checking for logical errors, and running (simple)
regressions.)
• Preferred but not required: Experience working with handling and/or back-checking raw
primary survey data, especially qualitative datasets, collected from the field (and for the
conversion of this data into quantitative datasets).
• Start Date: Immediate/ASAP
• Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis now till February 28th
• Duration: Full-time (40 hours per week) OR Part-time (minimally 20 hours per week), 1 to 2
months with possibility for extensions
• Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience and degree qualifications
• Principal Investigator: Gedeon Lim (Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hong
Kong)

Email CV/resume (emphasizing past experience working on research projects, and role + description
of tasks), and availability (full-time vs part-time and # of months/duration available to work for) to:
gedeonl@hku.hk

Project Description:
Looking for candidates passionate about development and interested in assisting on projects at the
intersection of political economy and economic history in (but not limited to) Indonesia. Specifically,
due to the large amount of qualitative data, the projects require a proactive individual and quick
learner, who is meticulous, patient, has a keen eye for detail, and excellent data skills to work
independently/get off the ground running.

Specifically, the main project “Why Pay the Chief: Land Rents and Political Selection in Indonesia”
aims to answer questions on how higher village chief remuneration from tanah bengkok continues
to affect economic development and political economy outcomes in villages in West Java today.

Primary tasks at the onset will include, but are not limited to, assisting with data cleaning and
preliminary data analysis. Data cleaning tasks include (writing Stata code for) converting raw,
qualitative data collected from field surveys and archival records (in excel and Stata format) into
datasets useable for quantitative analysis in Stata.