Several 6 - Month Consultancy Positions: OECD Green Growth Workstream

Opening for several 6-month consultancy positions to join the Green Growth Workstream of the OECD Economics Department 

The Economics Department at the OECD runs a research programme on environmental policies and economic outcomes. The objective of this work is to provide empirically backed policy recommendations that are directly useful to policy makers in OECD countries as well as in emerging and developing economies. This is achieved by carrying out empirical analyses of the impact of environmental policies on multiple outcomes – including emissions, economic performance, resource reallocation, productivity and innovation activity based on microdata sources across multiple countries. 

To support this research programme, the Economics Department of the OECD welcomes applications for two 6-month (part-time) positions as a consultant or intern, starting in Q1/2024. The consultant or intern will contribute to one of several projects, conducting research on the effects of climate policies on economic outcomes and resource reallocation across OECD countries, using firmlevel data. The selected candidates will be able to conduct the work remotely. 

Project 1: Assessing synergies and trade-offs between climate policies and their effects on environmental and economic outcomes. 

The aim of this project is to identify the synergies, complementarities and trade-offs among mitigation policies and assess effects of specific policy packages (i.e. combinations of policies) on environmental and economic outcomes. The project will work with micro-data and advanced econometric techniques, including machine learning techniques where possible. Candidate profile: The ideal candidate is a PhD student with experience in applied economics and statistical analysis (e.g. using Stata, R, Python). A research interest in environmental economics and proven experience with firm-level financial or environmental data would be an asset. Experience in using advanced econometric techniques and machine learning would be valuable. Tasks and deliverables: The tasks will include cleaning and preparing a dataset, collecting data when needed, maintaining documentation and code. Under supervision, the candidate will contribute to defining an estimation approach to deal with many regressors (e.g. shrinkage models, penalisation), as well as to formulate and estimate the econometric model to identify and quantify policy synergies. The selected candidate will contribute to drafting sections of a paper.

Project 2: Assessing effects of climate policies on capital allocation across financing channels. 

Reducing emissions to net-zero by mid-century requires large scale investments in green technologies and infrastructure. The private sector and financial markets are expected to play an important role in mobilising and allocating financial resources in line with this objective. Currently, however substantial amounts of capital and investment flows are not sufficiently aligned with emission reduction goals. In this context, the aim of this project is to identify effects of policies on green and polluting capital allocation across different financing channels using micro-data.

Candidate profile

The ideal candidate is a PhD student with experience in applied economics and statistical analysis (e.g. using Stata, R, Python). A research interest in environmental economics, climate finance and proven experience with firm-level financial or environmental data would be an asset. Experience in working with investment data (including loans, bonds, stocks, etc.,) would be valuable. 

Tasks and deliverables

 These include cleaning and preparing a dataset, collecting data when needed, maintaining documentation and code. Under supervision, the candidate will contribute to formulate an econometric/empirical finance model of cost of capital and estimate the model. The selected candidate will contribute to draft sections of a paper. 

Contract duration 

In each of the two projects, the successful candidate will start in Q1/2024 for a duration of 6 months (part-time) (exact date to be determined). The compensation is EUR 6 000. The consultant or intern will be able to work remotely. 

Application closing date: 19 January 2024 (6pm Paris time). Interested candidates should send their CV and brief cover letter to Filippo Maria D’Arcangelo (filippomaria.darcangelo@oecd.org), Tobias Kruse (tobias.kruse@oecd.org) and Mauro Pisu (mauro.pisu@oecd.org). Please specify clearly in the application a preference for either of the two projects.