Preparing for the Job Market

The international market for research economists is a semi-organised, single world market in which PhD students from across the globe apply for jobs in October/November and attend interviews at the European Job Market for Economists and/or the American Job Market meetings in December and January.

This is the primary market for research economists joining academia but many consulting firms, tech companies and government agencies (e.g. IMF, World Bank, central banks) recruit their research economists through the same international market.

• Sites for job postings:
  • Econ Job Market
  • Job Openings in Economics (JoE)
• Sites for information on the job market for economists
  • The European Job Market for Economists (EJME) by Royal Economic Society
  • The European Job Market for Economists (EJME): Home
  • The American Job Market: Home
• Rankings of university departments of Economics
  • Top Economics Departments, by IDEAS/RePEc
  • University Economics Rankings, by Tilberg University
  • University Rankings for Economics, by QS World University Rankings
• Preparing for the job market
  • “How to Prepare for the EJME” a webinar by the Royal Economic Society (2021)
  • “Preparing to succeed in the European Job Market”, webinar by the Royal Economic Society (2020)
  • “EEA Guide to job market candidates“ by EEA (2018)
  • “How to present your job market paper” by Eliana La Ferrara (2018)