Public Policy Advice
Policy Career Advice
Working in US AI Policy by 80,000 Hours
Emerging Tech Policy Careers Website - an everything guide to all things public policy related - careers, skills, grad school, advice on acquiring relevant soft skills and hard skills, and all else
Grad School
US Policy Master's Degrees: Why and When? (Part 1) by US Policy Careers
US Policy Master's Degrees: Top Programs, Applications, & Funding (Part 2) by US Policy Careers
U.S. Policy Master’s Programs Database
Fellowships
U.S. Policy Fellowship Database
Another U.S. Policy Fellowship Database
U.S. Science & Technology Policy Fellowships by Kelly Singel
Horizon Institute for Public Service Fellowship
Federal Government
Go Government Partnership for Public Service - many helpful resources on working for the US federal government
Go Government Federal Internship Finder
Federal Government Hiring Playbook by Tech Talent Project - federal government fellowships, department overviews, USAjobs applying guide, federal resume advice
Open Cyber, tech and AI roles:
Internships and early career roles:
Civic Tech
Public-Interest Technology Resources by Bruce Schneier
Breaking into civic tech by Chris Kuang
Skills Wiki for New Government Tech Employees by Aspen Institute
Cool Govtech Jobs by Bill Hunt
So you want to serve your country: A (biased) guide to tech jobs in federal government by Erie
A Civic Technologist’s Practice Guide by Cyd Harrell
What is civic tech? by Mett Stempeck
Navigating the field of civic tech by Derek Poppert
Think Tanks
Congress
Congressional Internships: Why and How to Apply by US Policy Careers
Working in Congress (Part #1) by US Policy Careers
Working in Congress (Part #2) by US Policy Careers
Data Science Advice
Data Science Best Practices & General Advice
Goodbye, Data Science by W.D. - on the many issues currently plaguing data science work
Why Business Data Science Irritates Me by shakoist - a follow-up and similarly themed blog post to the above
The Turing Way handbook by The Turing Way Community - comprehensive guides on producing reproducible research, project design, communication, collaboration, and ethical research
Coding
Best Practices when Writing Code by Daniel M. Sullivan
The Good Research Code Handbook by Patrick Mineault
Google Style Guides by Google - including style guides on Python and R
Machine Learning
Jason's Machine Learning 101 Presentation by Jason Mayes
Demystifying ML PhD Admissions to US Universities by Trustworthy ML Initiative
On Moving from Statistics to Machine Learning, the Final Stage of Grief by W.D.
Data Engineering
Open-Source Data Engineering Projects by Simon Späti
Recruiting/Interviewing
The Data Science Interview Book by Dip Ranjan Chatterjee
The data science resume that got me my FAANG (MANGA?) job (entry level data scientist) by Tina Huang
Data Science Resume Checklist by Data Interview Pro
Other
Data and Technology Tweets I’ve Liked by Craig Hamilton - searchable database of resources gathered from twitter covering python, R, SQL, and more
The Data Team Handbook by GitLab - compilation of resources on how GitLab functions, how they work with data, how data teams are constructed, etc.
Public Data
Data Search Tools
Data Collections/Aggregators/Lists
DataHub - mostly business and finance data
AwesomeData Public Datasets List
Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection - social networks and other communication/online network datasets
Wikipedia’s “List of datasets for machine learning research”
I^3 Open Innovation Dataset Index - curated, searchable, community-editable, portal of innovation datasets
DISCERN: Duke Innovation & Scientific Enterprises Research Network - links innovation data to Compustat firms
Datasets for Development Economics
Public datasets collected by Anthony Lee Zhang
U.S. Government Data
FRED - US economic data
data.gov - US government data
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
House of Representatives Open Government
Charles Stewart Congressional Data
The Data Liberation Project by Jeremy Singer-Vine - an initiative to identify, obtain, reformat, clean, document, publish, and disseminate government datasets of public interest
General Datasets
Opportunity Insights - neighborhood-level data on economic mobility and inequality, among other datasets
NASA Earth Data - all the earth science data you could want
FiveThirtyEight Data - mostly US politics and sports data
BuzzFeedNews Data - open-source data BuzzfeedNews has released
YouTube Data - 8 million categorized youtube videos
Spotify Data - lots of music/podcast-related data
CERN Data - particle physics data, image data
Refugee Resettlement Data 1975-2018 - digitization of the original refugee master files as initially recorded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and made available by the National Archives
LIFE-M: Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-database - collection of data on four generations of 20th-century Americans
Other
Data Is Plural - weekly newsletter of useful/curious datasets by Jeremy Singer-Vine
Primer: Where to find data by Sebastian Tello-Trillo - guide on how to search for data and also includes collections of several field-specific datasets
General Life Advice
Lecture 15: What’s next? by Emma Pierson - her journey through a data science and research career, advice on learning, finding your passions, achieving your goals, establishing your career
The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad for Business) by mipsytipsy - how to organize effective business teams, intertwined with career advancement and management advice
Why to develop a purpose statement for your career and life by Jennifer Snodgrass - identifying the purpose you seek in your career and how to use that to drive your life decisions
Know what you’re optimising for by Alex Lawsen - advice for focusing on optimising a couple things in your career (rather than being a generalist) and how to figure out what that should be
What I Do When I Can’t Sleep by Dan Shipper - on the importance of articulation and how learning to put names and labels to your likes and dislikes can enhance your life
How to do what you love by Paul Graham - general principles for deciding the right career path to follow, providing long-term perspective over short-term considerations (money, prestige, etc.)
Gut Renovating Your Job by Timm Chiusano - a strategy for making big career decisions (stay in my job or leave) and an underrated third option for it (changing what your current job is)
How to Like Everything More by Sasha Chapin - advice for enjoying everything (food, music, TV, arts, culture, etc.) more, making life itself more enjoyable
Career Advice
Academia Career advice
Getting Started As A New Assistant Professor by Tatyana Deryugina
Academic career advice by James O. Freedman - advice covering the job market, presenting and sharing research, giving talks, networking, doing research, and more
General Career advice
Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer by Haseeb Qureshi
Negotiation Strategies That Helped Increase My Salary by 15%–60% by Katie Tassin
All the best advice we could find on how to get a job by Benjamin Todd
Timm's Career Stuff & Things from Timm Chiusano
All-Purpose Career Tips Cheat Sheet 101 v2 by Timm Chiusano
Advice on Working Effectively
Make better documents. by Anil Dash
Why you need a “WTF Notebook” by Nate Bennett
Fields, Careers, & Positions for Economics (and adjacent)
Academia vs. Policy Jobs by Rachel Glennerster (LSE)
CSWEP Panel: Jobs Outside of Academia for Economists by the AEA
Private Sector Jobs for Economics PhDs by Matthew Hom
Panel on Non-Academic Development Economics Research Jobs by Leah Bevis
Consulting and Freelancing in Academia by Nick Huntington-Klein
“An economist in tech” newsletter by Rose Tan
What is the profile of leading development economists on the PhD job market? by David McKenzie
Resources for graduate students interested in public policy, consulting, or industry by AEA
If I Could Start Anew: Some Reflections of A Development Economist by Chris Barrett
Guide to Postdocs in Econ/Management by Wei Yang Tham
Fields, Careers, & Positions for Data Science
Data Science Careers in the Public & Nonprofit Sector
Teaching Economics
EconGraphs by Chris Makler - interactive visualizations for all the graphs used in teaching economics concepts
World Migration Educators’ Toolkit by UN Migration Research Division
Publishing
Journals with short paper options where economists might publish by David Evans
Some Tips for Doing Better Field Experiments and Getting Your Work Published by John A. List
Public and Free Economics Courses & Textbooks
Econometrics
Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham
Causal Inference Mixtape Sessions by Cunningham and Butts
Econometrics III Course by Ed Rubin
Applied Empirical Methods by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
Gary Chamberlain’s Grad Econometrics Course compiled by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
Statistical Learning and Causal Inference for Economics by Francis J. DiTraglia
Advanced Data Analytics in Economics by Nick Hagerty
Causal Inference for the Brave and True by Matheus Facure Alves
The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality by Nick Huntington-Klein
Also: The Effect: Videos on Causal Inferences by Nick Huntington-Klein
Applied Statistics Workshop Presentations from Harvard
Causal Inference Lectures by Ben Elsner
Advances in Difference-in-Differences in Econometrics by YoungStatS
Causal Econometrics by David Childers
Regression and Other Stories by Gelman, Hill, Vehtari
Instrumental Variables Workshop by Peter Hull
STAT 501: Regression Methods by Penn State Department of Statistics
PhD Econometrics Course by Stanislav Avdeev
Gov 2003: Causal Inference with Applications by Matthew Blackwell
Macroeconomics
International Macroeconomics and Trade Course by Jonathan Dingel
Intermediate Macroeconomics Course by Pascal Michaillat
Mathematical Methods for Macroeconomics by Pascal Michaillat
Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle by Jordi Gali
Modern Macroeconomics by Sanjay K. Chugh
Labor Economics
Graduate Labor Course by Florian Oswald
Key Papers Every Labor Economics PhD student should know by David Neumark (crowdsourced on Twitter)
Development Economics
Course Notes on Development & Metrics Grad Courses by Simon Quinn
Survey methods - curated blogs by Kondylis and McKenzie - posts on issues of measurement, survey design, sampling, survey checks, managing survey teams, reducing attrition, and all the behind-the-scenes work needed to get the data needed for impact evaluations
Technical Topics – Your One-Stop Shop for Methodology by Kondylis and McKenzie - posts on methodological issues in impact evaluation
An Introduction to Development Economics With a Focus on Data by Rachel Glennerster
How to Write the Introduction of Your Development Economics Paper by David Evans
Impact Evaluation in International Development : Theory, Methods and Practice by Glewwe, Todd
Introduction to randomized evaluations by Gibson, Sautmann, Feeney, Walsh
Public Economics/Policy
Program Evaluation for Public Service by Andrew Heiss
Teaching materials for Innovation: Market Failures and Public Policies by Williams, Bryan
Other
Course notes for UC Berkeley Econ Classes by Kristy Kim
AEA Continuing Education Courses
Health Economics Teaching Materials Repository by ASHEcon
Data Science in Economics course by Nick Hagerty - skills/tools that otherwise are only gained through RA experiences
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Note: I have compiled many open source courses and textbooks on data science/programming topics as well, and those can be found in the Data Science tab.
Data Science Courses & Textbooks
General Data Science
STAT 447: Data Science Programming Methods by Dirk Eddelbuettel
IPUMS Tutorials - how to use IPUMS data, online analysis tools
Bayesian Data Analysis course by Aki Vehtari
A Programmer’s Introduction to Mathematics by Jeremy Kun
Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan by Richard McElreath
Data Science and Society by Chris Bail (Duke)
Mathematics for Machine Learning by Garrett Thomas
Introduction to Data Science: Data Analysis and Prediction Algorithms with R by Rafael A. Irizarry
DSC 223: Introduction to Data Science by Tyler George
Coding for Economists by Arthur Turrell & Others
Python, R, and Stata Implementation of Statistical Methods
Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practitioner’s Guide by Gentzkow & Shapiro
ECON 607 - Data Science for Economists by Grant McDermott
R, Stata, and Python Resources by Gabors Data Analysis
Resources for Learning Python, R, SQL, and Data Science by Data Umbrella
Kaggle Learn Guides for Data Science (curated by Avi Kumar Talavia)
Data Science and Statistics Cheat Sheets, Machine Learning Lecture Notes, and more by Merve Noyan
Python
Style Guide for Python Code by Rossum, Warsaw, & Coghlan
Stata to Python Equivalents by Daniel M. Sullivan
Python Courses by Code Academy
Pyslackers - An open community for Python programming enthusiasts.
PyLadies - mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community
From R to Python by Joscelin Rocha Hidalgo - a collection of Python resources geared toward someone with a background in R
Coming from R (to Python) by Arthur Turrell
Probabilistic Programming in Python by Salvatier, Wiecki, Fonnesbeck
Introduction to Economic Modeling and Data Science (in Python) by Coleman, Lyon, Perla, et al
Python for Social Science by Jean Mark Gawron
Python Resources Aggregator by UC Berkeley
Full Stack Python - Learn to Build, Deploy and Operate Python Applications by Matt Makai
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart
Selenium with Python by Baiju Muthukadan
Python project-based tutorials by (many people)
Python Numpy Tutorial (with Jupyter and Colab) by Justin Johnson
Introduction to Python and NumPy for Deep Learning by DeepMind Technologies Limited
Mapping and Data Visualization with Python by Ujaval Gandhi
From Python to Numpy by Nicolas P. Rougier - “concentrating on the migration from Python to Numpy through vectorization”
SQL
SQL for Data Analysis by udacity
Introduction to SQL Course by DataCamp
SQL Tutorial - Full Database Course for Beginners by freeCodeCamp.org
Introduction to SQL by W3 Schools
8 Week SQL Challenge by Data With Danny
Practical SQL for Data Analysis by Haki Benita
R
Nice R code blog by Rich FitzJohn and Daniel Falster
A Succinct Intro to R by Steve Haroz
STAT 545 - UBC course on R and data science
R for Stata Users by Andrade, et. al.
Text Mining with R by Silge & Robinson
The R Tidyverse Style Guide by Hadley Wickham
R for Data Science by Hadley Wickham
Intro to R by Hans H. Sievertsen - how to load, process, and visualize data in R
Applied Economics with R by Hans H. Sieversten
Regression analysis in R by Grant R. McDermott
Big Book of R by Oscar Baruffa
List of open sources books about R by Pere A. Taberner
Analyzing US Census Data: Methods, Maps, and Models in R by Kyle Walker
Best Coding Practices for R by Vikram Singh Rawat
R Markdown: The Definitive Guide by Xie, Allaire, and Grolemund
Introduction to Econometrics with R by Hanck, et. al.
Translating Stata to R by McDermott, Butts, Nick HK
R Function A Day by Indrajeet Patil - collections of 365 tweets about R functions
Statistics lectures using R by Amelia McNamara
Introduction to Data Science in the Tidyverse by McNamara and Wickham
A Road Map for historians of economics to learn R by Aurélien Goutsmedt
Hands-On Programming with R by Garrett Grolemund - emphasis on simulation and vectorizations
Using R for Introductory Econometrics 2nd edition by Florian Heiss - R coding companion to Wooldridge’s textbook
Overview of Econometrics Packages in R by Zeileis and McDermott
Coding style, coding etiquette (in R) by Salmon and Dervieux
R for Stata Users by Matthieu Gomez
Resources for self-guided learning by R-Ladies NYC
Introduction to GitHub Actions to R users by Beatriz Milz
An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R by James, et. al.
Writing Functions in R by Cosima Meyer
Stata
Learning Stata for econ research aggregator by Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
Stata Coding Guide by Julian Reif
Development Research in Practice (Stata Style Guide) by DIME Analytics
Applied Econometrics in Stata by Jack Blundell
Programming with Stata by Kluender and Marx
Stata Workflow Guide by Asjad Naqvi
Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) in Stata by Asjad Naqvi
Coding Style Guide by Michael Stepner
Microeconometrics Using Stata by Cameron and Trivedi
Tips for managing large-scale datasets efficiently in Stata by Pere A. Taberner
The Stata Guide (aggregate) by Asjad Naqvi
Stata Style Guide by Miklos Koren
Matlab
MATLAB/R Reference by David Hiebeler
LaTeX
LaTeX for Beginners, 5th Edition
LaTeX Table Hints and Tips by Adrian P. Robson
Short Math Guide for LaTeX by Downes, updated by Beeton
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX by Tobias Oetiker
Data Viz
An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data by Jonathan A. Schwabish
Telling Stories With Data by Rohan Alexander
Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction by Kieran Healy
Data Visualization Checklist by NickCH-K
Hands-On Data Visualization Dougherty and Ilyankou
Git + GitHub
Git and GitHub chapter of R Packages by Hadley Wickham and Jenny Bryan
GitHub Replication Template by Dequette
Git: A Guide for Economists by Frank Pinter
Git and GitHub for R by Jenny Bryan and others
GitHub Project Example with Stata Coding Style Guide by Michael Stepner
How to Use Git/GitHub with R by David Keyes
Git Cheat Sheet for Data Scientists by Kessie Zhang
Other
QuantEcon - open source code workshops and resources for economic modeling
Computational Thinking for Social Scientists by Jae Yeon Kim
Coding for Economists: A Language-Agnostic Guide to Programming for Economists by Ljubica Ristovska
Working with Large Data Technical Report by Gomolka, Blaschke, Hirsch
More Data Analysis Case Studies and Resources for R and Python by Gabors Data Analysis
Julia Bootcamp by Cameron Pfiffer
Mostly Harmless Econometrics Replication Code in Stata, R, Python, and Julia by Vikram Jambulapati
Quantitative Editing: A Guide by Laura Bronner
Data Analysis Case Study codebase for R, Python, and Stata by Békés and Kézdi
GRE Advice
Quantitative Reasoning Study Materials
Math Flashcards (Greenlight TestPrep)
https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/module/gre-quantitative-comparison
Complete Guide to Math Formulas (Magoosh)
Quantitative Reasoning Flashcards (PowerScore)
Math Review (ETS)
Math Conventions (ETS)
General/Non-Quantitative Reasoning Study Materials
Official Guide to the GRE (ETS)
Practice Book (ETS)
http://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/45432-free-gre-resources-master-post/ - Master Resources Post of Practice Tests and more
Applying to Grad School
Grad School RANKINGS
https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.inst.students.html (IDEAS)
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings (US News)
http://econphd.econwiki.com/rank/rallec.htm - Outdated but another reference point
https://www.petersons.com/search/grad?q=economics - Peterson’s, informational rankings
Economists’/Grad Students’ Advice
Chris Blattman (sidebar has many stickied posts about how to apply, what to focus on, and tons of advice for those interested and already in grad school. Focus on development and public policy.)
Dick Startz - A Guide for UCSB Undergraduates Considering a PhD in Economics
George Iskander (technically for STEM PhDs, but very useful advice)
Simon Board - Applying to Graduate Programmes in Economics
Applying to Economics PhD Programs Memo by Alvin Christian
Navigating the Application Process Timeline and Tips by Schweinert and Treanor
Applying to Econ PhDs by Natalie Duncombe
Tips 4 Economists by Masayuki Kudamatsu
Schools’ advce
Grinnell College - Applying to Graduate School
Grinnell College - Deciding if Graduate School Is Right for You
UC Berkeley - Writing the Personal Statement (and Statement of Purpose)
Aggregators
EconPhd.net (now defunct, but still full of useful info and links)
AEA - readings for students considering graduate study in economics
Forums
advice on the NSF
Preparing for the NSF by Natalie Duncombe
Writing an NSF application by Chris Blattman
NSF Fellowship Guide by Alex Lang
NSF GRFP Guide by the University of Missouri
8 Tips For Your GRFP Doctors Don’t Want You To Know by David Klinges
NSF GRFP Advice by Mallory P. Ladd
Other
Advice for applying and for the first year, by Ceyhun Elgin and Mario Solis-Garcia
“The Making of an Economist Redux” (Colander, 2003)
US Policy Master's Degrees: Why and When? (Part 1) by US Policy Careers - incredibly informative post on why to consider a policy masters degree, what factors to consider, how to do so, and why for those who are more policy-oriented
Applying to & Being an RA Advice
Pre-Doc/RA Job Postings
Pre-doc RA positions spreadsheet by Brice Green
Finding Predoc/RA Positions by Riccardo Di Cato
The Economics Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: What is it, and should you apply for one? by Brad Chattergoon
RA Positions - Not At The NBER by NBER
Jobs for econ and econ-adjacent undergrads by Barton Willage
Advice for Current RAs
Applying to Pre-Doc Memo by Alvin Christian
Pre-Doc Guide by Alvin Christian
Research Assistant Onboarding Course by DIME Analytics
Research Assistant Continuing Education by DIME Analytics
Other Data and Analytics/Research Training Resources by DIME Analytics
Applied Tips for Applied Micro RAs by Livia Alfonsi
Conferences, Events and Fellowships (for post-bacs/potential grad students) by AEA
Pre-Doc Advice and Resources by Zahra Thabet
Regression Output Checklist by World Bank and DIME Group Economists
Econ Readings
Blogs
World Bank Development Impact Blog
R-bloggers - news and tutiorals for R
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
News & Aggregators
Papers
JEP Papers - sorted by topics!
AEA Online Seminars - collection of virtual seminars hosted by a variety of institutions and covering many of the fields within economics
Finding Economics Articles with Data and Specific Empirical Methods by Sebastian Kranz
Literature on Recent Advances in Applied Micro Methods by Christine Cai
Economic History Papers by pseudoerasmus
Find Economic Articles with Data by Sebastian Kranz - search for econ papers by their available data and filter by how much reproducible Stata code they provide
VoxDevLit: Wiki-inspired literature reviews by VoxDev - accessible summaries of the latest research for specific topics within development economics
Podcasts
The Hidden Curriculum - all the topics you wanted to learn in (econ) graduate school
Economist On Zoom Getting Coffee - casual conversations with leading economists
"Hexapodia" Is the Key Insight: by Noah Smith & Brad DeLong
Freakonomics Radio - Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books
Macro Musings with David Beckworth - pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future
EconTalk - hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution
Political Economy by James Pethokoukis - AEI’s James Pethokoukis speaks with a variety of experts to address some of the most pressing economic and public policy questions of our time — with a special emphasis on technology, innovation, and the future
Just Economics by Iona Marinescu and Kat Rosqueta - explores what we actually know about how policies and labor markets work
Nobel by Aaron Lorenz - curated collection of every podcast episode featuring an econ nobe laureate
Acemoglu et al by Aaron Lorenz - curated collection of every podcast episode featuring Acemoglu and co-authors
Other
Exploring Economics - aggregator of online courses, videos, articles, and papers on economics
SKAIPedia - Wiki and “living literature review” aggregator for social science topics
Grad School/Research Resources
Economists’ Websites
Masayuki Kudamtsu - Tips 4 Economists (grad school advice and much more)
Alex Albright - Resources from Others to You
Jennifer Doleac - lots of crime research stuff, plenty more besides
Amanda Y. Agan - aggregated advice on Writing, Presentation, Coding, and Refereeing
Jan Sauermann - resources for writing/presenting research, the editorial process, and the Econ Job Market
Christine Cai - resources for econometrics, coding, grad school, and research
Ryan B Edwards - resources on seminars, discussing, refereeing, data viz, writing papers, publishing, getting started on research, and other useful grad school & econ advice
Mark J. Chin - resources for education policy and economics of education
General Grad School Advice
AEA Professional Development Resources
AEA CSWEP News - aggregator of writings by economists covering grad school, job market, junior faculty topics, and so on
AEA CSWEP Professional Development Resources
The 12 Step Program for Grad School by Eric Zwick
How to survive your first year of graduate school in economics by Matthew Pearson
EconGradAdvice by Roth & Schindler
The Life of a Research Project by Gema Zamarro
Awesome Economics (a curated list of resources) by Anton Tarasenko
Writing Research
Language, Confusion, and Models in Empirical Economics by Phil Haile
Writing Economics by Neugeboren & Jacobson
The Recipe for a Successful Thesis in Applied Economics by Westerlund
Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students by Cochrane
Writing a Literature Review by Romem
What is a Literature Review? (and How Do I Write One?!) by Shunda
Academic Writing for Accounting and Economics PhDs by Langenmayr
Four Steps to an Applied Micro Paper by Jesse Shapiro
Writing As A Social Scientist by David Eli
Ph.D Thesis Research: Where do I Start? by Don Davis
Writing the Intro to Your Economics Research Paper by Timothy Taylor
Writing Economics Research Papers by Claudia Sahm
JabRef - free reference/literature review manager
An unofficial guide to trying to do empirical work by Amy Finkelstein - how to formulate and write great research ideas
Presenting Research
A Basic Beamer Power Up by Natalia Emmanuel
Tips + Tricks with Beamer for Economists by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
How to Give an Applied Micro Talk by Jesse Shapiro
Public Speaking for Academic Economists by Rachael Meager
22 Tips for Conference and Seminar Presentations by Marc Bellemare
The “Big 5” and Other Ideas For Presentations by Donald Cox
Guidelines for Presentations by Bandiera, et. al.
How to give an economic theory talk by Shengwu Li
Beamer Slide Template (LaTeX) by Kyle Butts
Publishing Research
Journals with short paper options where economists might publish by David Evans
Discussing Research
Tips on Being a Good Discussant
The discussant’s art by Chris Blattman
Funding Research
CSWEP Newsletter on Getting Funding for Your Research by Jennifer Doleac
Smaller Funding Opportunities with an Economics Focus by Anne Byrne
Econometrics
A guide to interpreting regression tables by Sevi
A Flowchart for Constructing a Regression Model by Nick HK
How To Build an Economic Model in Your Spare time by Hal Varian
The Job Market
Suggested Timeline For Those On The Job Market Next Year by Tatyana Deryugina
So you want to go on the job market by Alex Albright
Other
Advice for Academic Research by Ricardo Dahis
Interviews, Advice, Policy Debates, and Commonly Referred to Posts by David McKenzie
AEA Reading Materials - covers many of the relevant topics for being a researcher and economists, such as publishing, teaching, the job market, grants, presenting, etc.
#EconBrew - list of economists across the world open to grabbing coffee with those visiting their location