Economics Research Expert PhD AI Trainer

$120 - $150 per hour

Full-time

Mercor

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Economics Research Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $120$150/hour

Location: Remote

Duration: Minimum four weeks

Commitment: 10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content in Economics to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs .
Review complex economic content for alignment with domain principles and methodologies.
Provide clear structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
Develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks for assessing AI-generated economic tasks and solutions.
Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency relevance and coverage across datasets.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

At least 1 year of experience working at top institutions in economics research (e.g. World Bank IMF Fed Graduate Schools).
Masters or PhD in Economics .

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