Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research 

Anthropic
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 300,000 - 405,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: phdSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Lead macroeconomic research on transformative AI, building macro models, scenario-based forecasts, and AI-enabled tools to study growth, productivity, income distribution, and governance under frontier AI trajectories. Ground projections in microdata from the Anthropic Economic Index and collaborate with academics, think tanks, and policy partners to publish forecasts and briefs guiding responsible AI development.

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Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research 

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Job Summary

Lead macroeconomic research on transformative AI, building macro models, scenario-based forecasts, and AI-enabled tools to study growth, productivity, income distribution, and governance under frontier AI trajectories. Ground projections in microdata from the Anthropic Economic Index and collaborate with academics, think tanks, and policy partners to publish forecasts and briefs guiding responsible AI development.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build macroeconomic models of transformative AI spanning growth, labor markets, and income distribution.
  • •Develop and maintain scenario-based forecasting tools; publish forecasts for GDP, productivity, and unemployment under a range of AI-capability trajectories.
  • •Ground macroeconomic projections in microeconomic data from the Anthropic Economic Index, constraining theory with observed patterns of adoption and task transformation.
  • •Analyze questions of income distribution and economic governance under transformative-AI scenarios.
  • •Contribute to the development of AI-powered research tools for economics.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 300,000 - 405,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •PhD in Economics, or an exceptional candidate close to completion
  • •Background in macroeconomics, growth theory, or public finance ideally with exposure to task-based frameworks and labor economics
  • •A research record that engages seriously with the possibility of transformative AI — you treat the scenarios in this posting as live questions worth modeling rigorously
  • •Relevant experience in macroeconomic modeling and structural estimation
  • •Technical skills including: Proficiency in Python, Julia, or similar for computational economics
Experience:MacroeconomicsGrowth theoryLabor economics
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonJuliaComputational economicsAgent-based modeling

Company Brief

Anthropic
Develops large-scale AI systems and safety research to create reliable, steerable, and interpretable AI assistants and models for commercial and research applications.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2021
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