Economist - Internship - Tourism Economics
ECONOMIST - SUMMER INTERNSHIP POSITON
Location: Wayne or Philadelphia, PA
Duration: 3-4 months
Weekly Work Schedule: Full-time
Tourism Economics operates with a singular objective: combine an understanding of tourism dynamics with rigorous economics in order to answer the most important questions facing operators, destinations, strategic planners and others in the sector. By combining quantitative methods with industry knowledge, Tourism Economics designs forecasting models, custom market strategies, tourism policy analysis, and economic impact studies.
Our clients include destination marketing organizations at the city, state, and national levels; leading industry trade associations; and major corporate owners, operators, and brands in the travel sector. We have a longstanding relationship with many of our clients, typically through subscription-based services or recurring studies. We serve a global client base from our offices in the US and UK.
We are currently seeking a high-caliber Summer Intern at Tourism Economics to be based in our Wayne, PA office.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing insightful, quantitative analysis of travel-sector trends, including analysis and forecasts of measures such as trips, visitor spending, employment, income, and tax revenue. For example, developing and operating econometric forecast models, preparing data and analytical insights in support of client deliverables, and preparing occasional research briefings as part of subscription-based forecast services.
- Analyzing the economic impact of tourism from national to local levels, including preparing data, updating models, and drafting presentation-format reports.
- Ensuring quality and consistency in results by being mindful of previous approaches, data limitations, and potential inconsistencies, and by being detail oriented.
In this position, you will apply a strong grounding in economic concepts and research methods. You will assist with econometric model pipelines in R and/or Python, drawing on our internal data warehouse and third-party data. You will gain familiarity with customized use of the IMPLAN software for economic impact analysis.
Candidate Requirements
- Strong academic background in economics. The ideal candidate would be a student pursuing a Master’s degree.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience preparing and analyzing data, and developing econometric models, using software such as R, Python or Eviews, and experience with data visualization software such as Tableau, is desirable
- Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work effectively in teams across offices and within tight deadlines
- Ability to plan workload, ensuring sufficient time for quality assurance from senior colleagues
- Right to work in the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Oxford Economics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
About Oxford Economics
Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University’s business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UK companies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world’s foremost independent global advisory firms, providing reports, forecasts and analytical tools on more than 200 countries, 250 industrial sectors, and 7,000 cities and regions. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models and analytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact.
Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centres in London, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in more than 15 cities. We employ more than 400 professional economists, industry experts and business editors—one of the largest teams of macroeconomists and thought leadership specialists. Our global team is highly skilled in a full range of research techniques and thought leadership capabilities, from econometric modelling, scenario framing, and economic impact analysis to market surveys, case studies, expert panels, and web analytics.
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