Agency Marketing Statement:

• The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.
  The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.
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Duties:

• CBOs Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis Division is seeking one or more labor economists to conduct research and analysis for the divisions Labor, Education, and Income Security Unit.
  
  Analysts in the Labor, Education, and Income Security Unit conduct research and analysis on topics such as labor markets, income, poverty, cash and in-kind assistance programs, education and training, and immigration. For example, the unit is currently analyzing the demographic and economic characteristics of immigrants and the incidence of federal transfer programs. Recently completed work analyzed federal student loan repayment patterns, compared federal and private-sector compensation, and evaluated how changing the minimum wage would affect employment, family income, and the federal budget.
  
  The new labor economist(s) will contribute to the full range of the units responsibilities. Staff members are encouraged to actively participate in policy research related to CBOs mission by presenting papers at conferences, circulating preliminary research through CBOs working paper series, and publishing in professional journals.
  
  The economists will have opportunities to participate in policy research related to CBOs mission by presenting papers at conferences, writing CBO working papers that introduce preliminary research, and publishing articles in professional journals.
  CBOs Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis Division is seeking one or more labor economists to conduct research and analysis for the divisions Labor, Education, and Income Security Unit. Analysts in the Labor, Education, and Income Security Unit conduct research and analysis on topics such as labor markets, income, poverty, cash and in-kind assistance programs, education and training, and immigration. For example, the unit is currently analyzing the demographic and economic characteristics of immigrants and the incidence of federal transfer programs. Recently completed work analyzed federal student loan repayment patterns, compared federal and private-sector compensation, and evaluated how changing the minimum wage would affect employment, family income, and the federal budget. The new labor economist(s) will contribute to the full range of the units responsibilities. Staff members are encouraged to actively participate in policy research related to CBOs mission by presenting papers at conferences, circulating preliminary research through CBOs working paper series, and publishing in professional journals. The economists will have opportunities to participate in policy research related to CBOs mission by presenting papers at conferences, writing CBO working papers that introduce preliminary research, and publishing articles in professional journals.
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