Company Description

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation comprised of 38 Member countries, that works to build better policies for better lives. Our mission is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.  Together with governments, policy makers and citizens, we work on establishing evidence-based international standards, and finding solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges. From improving economic performance and creating jobs to fostering strong education and fighting international tax evasion, we provide a unique forum and knowledge hub for data and analysis, exchange of experiences, best-practice sharing, and advice on public policies and international standard-setting.

The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Directorate, in line with the strategic objectives of the Secretary-General, helps OECD Member countries and other key economies build an environment conducive to translating science, technology and knowledge into innovation in order to create economic and social value added.

The Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) Division is responsible for comparative analyses of the microeconomic drivers of economic growth, productivity, employment, business dynamism and innovation, as well as the ways in which these are affected by globalisation, the digital and green transformations, and structural change. The Division maintains and updates a set of key industry-level databases and data infrastructures to contribute to this work and the work of other policy analysts across the OECD.

Job Description

Role

STI/PIE is looking for a Young Associate to support PIE’s work on Firms, Digital Transformation and Technology Diffusion. The selected person will work under the supervision of a Senior Economist leading the Firms, Digital Transformation and Technology Diffusion team, under the responsibility of the Head of the PIE Division.

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to empirical and policy-oriented work on technology adoption and diffusion, with a particular focus on the semiconductor ecosystem, the diffusion of AI and other digital technologies, and the implications of their diffusion for economic outcomes.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a distributed-data infrastructure to analyse key firm-related trends in digital technology diffusion and undertake related empirical analysis.
• Support further data development efforts, notably in the areas of semiconductors, technology adoption and diffusion.
• Support the updating of statistical routines, for instance within the OECD Digital Diffuse project, and contribute to the roll-out of new waves of data collection.
• Contribute to the production of documents, working papers and publications and clear policy messages.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• Undergraduate degree in economics, econometrics or another relevant discipline, with a strong foundation in quantitative analysis and statistics (graduation date between 1 January 2025 and 1 September 2026). Applications from candidates who already hold or are enrolled in a Master’s, PhD, or equivalent degree will not be considered.
• Course work in statistics and microeconomics is required.
• Course work in econometrics and macroeconomics is desirable.

Tools

• Familiarity with standard database and data visualisation software.
• Programming-level knowledge of statistical methods in the area of micro-econometric and productivity analysis, and familiarity with associated software tools such as Stata, R or Python.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to plan and organise work effectively.
• Ability to understand/learn basic firm-level data concepts and to manage databases.

Core Competencies

• For this role OECD staff are expected to demonstrate behaviours aligned to six core competencies which will be assessed as part of this hiring processes: Vision and Strategy (Level 1); Enable People (Level 1); Ethics and Integrity (Level 1); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 1); Achieve Results (Level 1); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 1).
• To learn more about the definitions for each competency, please refer to OECD Core Competencies.

Languages

• Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French) and a knowledge of, or willingness to learn, the other.

Additional Information

Closing Date

• Applications should reach us no later than midnight 14 December 2025 (CET).
• Before applying, we encourage you to check your eligibility by answering a few short questions here.

Contract Duration

• Two-year fixed term appointment

Starting Date

• September 2026

What the OECD offers

• Monthly base salary is 3 886 EUR, exempt of French income tax, plus allowances based on eligibility. 
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The OECD is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes the applications of all qualified candidates who are nationals of OECD Member countries, irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, opinions or beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, health or disabilities. Applications from candidates who are not OECD Member country nationals will not be considered.

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