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Job Description
Conduct economic analysis related to environmental protection and use of the natural environment, such as water, air, land, and renewable energy resources. Evaluate and quantify benefits, costs, incentives, and impacts of alternative options using economic principles and statistical techniques.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3011.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Economists”.
Also Known As…
- Environmental Economists
- Senior Economist
- Resource Economist
- Principal Research Economist
- Principal Associate
- Natural Resource Economist
- Environmental Economist
- Marine Resource Economist
- Environmental Protection Economist
- Energy Economist
- Economist
- Ecological Economist
- Agricultural Economist
Tasks for “Economist”
- Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways.
- Monitor or analyze market and environmental trends.
- Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
- Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
- Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision-makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
- Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development.
- Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
- Interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment.
- Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
- Develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data.
- Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
- Identify and recommend environmentally-friendly business practices.
- Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
- Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
- Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations.
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- Mainframe computers
- 10-key calculators
- Desktop computers
- Laptop computers
- Computer data input scanners
- Personal computers
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Web browser software
- Minitab
- Quantitative Micro Software EViews
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Aptech Systems GAUSS
- General algebraic modeling system GAMS
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- MySQL
- Estima Regression Analysis of Time Series RATS
- StataCorp Stata
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Microsoft Office
- Econometric Software LIMDEP
- SPSS
- Microsoft Excel
- Global Insight AREMOS
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Insightful S-PLUS
- Microsoft Access
- SAS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
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