2021-22 "Planning for Productive Migration in Niger"

The Stanford King Center on Global Development’s Academic Year Part-Time Research Assistant Program connects King Center faculty affiliates and affiliated researchers with undergraduate and master's students committed to providing research support for up to 15 hours per week during fall, winter, and spring quarters. 

Students have the opportunity to engage in world-class research and have real-world impact. Undergraduate student research assistants earn $17.50 per hour and master's student research assistants earn $25 per hour. Research assistants can work a maximum of 15 hours per week.  Students must be enrolled full-time to participate.  

RESEARCH PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

In the face of the challenging social, political, economic, and ethical issues raised by the substantial increase in foreign-born populations, the Immigration Policy Lab conducts research that employs field and natural experimental methods to examine the impact of immigration and integration policies throughout the world. Using large datasets, creative research designs, and modern analytical tools, the Immigration Policy Lab brings new evidence to bear on the urgent problems practitioners face. Through collaborations with the people who set public policy, as well as those who serve immigrant communities, the research generates solutions with the potential to improve lives. 

The Immigration Policy Lab is looking for one undergraduate research assistant who can fluently read, write, and speak French to assist with multiple new research projects in West Africa.

Research mentor: Jeremy Weinstein (Professor, Political Science and Faculty Director, Immigration Policy Lab)

WHAT YOU WILL DO: 

The research assistant’s tasks will include assisting with survey preparation and review of training materials in French for a pilot project in Niger this fall. The pilot project will evaluate the effectiveness of a new development intervention that facilitates cross-border migration to help participants secure more lucrative employment in neighboring states. The research assistant may also assist with additional tasks including exploratory desk research, literature reviews, data collection, and administrative data analysis. This work will support a larger suite of projects that focus on migration and development in West Africa.