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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 Associate
- Natural Resource Economist
- Environmental Economist
- Economist
- Principal Research Economist
- Marine Resource Economist
- Environmental Protection Economist
- Energy Economist
- Ecological Economist
- Agricultural Economist
Tasks for “Principal Research Economist”
- Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
- Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
- Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
- Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
- Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways.
- Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations.
- Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development.
- Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
- Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
- 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.
- Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision-makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
- Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
- Monitor or analyze market and environmental trends.
- 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.
- Interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment.
- Identify and recommend environmentally-friendly business practices.
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