Research Associate

Updated: May 21, 2024 02:37 PM GMT

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Peshawar

Project Description

This project involves a collaboration of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) with a group of researchers (from the University of Washington and LUMS) who are at the frontier of the theory and practice of public finance. The project currently focuses on running a randomized controlled trial experiment to improve sales tax compliance in KP.

Position Description

The Research Associate will be responsible for the following main tasks:

· Clean and prepare survey and administrative data provided by KPRA for analytical purposes, establishing the data's accuracy, completeness, and quality.

· Establish quality assurance mechanisms for resolving problems and issues in the data.

· Understand and document the data structure and collection mechanism used by KPRA.

· Develop and implement data-sharing protocols with government partners.

· Coordinate with government partners as needed to obtain administrative data and troubleshoot data-related issues.

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