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United States

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Economics Research Assistant | Stata • R • Panel Data • Causal Inference • Data Analysis

Profile Summary

I am an economics and mathematics graduate from Claremont McKenna College with research experience in political economy, regional economics, and empirical data analysis. My work has included research for the Lowe Institute of Political Economy, NSF-funded projects, and economic consulting at HKA Global. I have extensive experience constructing and cleaning large datasets, conducting empirical analysis, and producing reproducible research using Stata and R. I enjoy helping researchers transform messy datasets into well-documented, analysis-ready data and assisting with every stage of quantitative research. Services I provide include: • Data cleaning and dataset construction • Panel data preparation • Data merging and harmonization • Stata programming • Editing • Regression analysis • Fixed effects and Difference-in-Differences models • Instrumental variables implementation • Descriptive statistics • Data visualization • Literature reviews • Replication of published research • Research documentation and code commenting Research areas include: • Political Economy • Public Policy • Regional Economics • Labor Economics • Development Economics • European Union Economics • Migration • International Economics • Macroeconomics I value clear communication, reproducible workflows, and careful attention to detail. Whether you need assistance preparing data, reproducing empirical results, or supporting a larger research project, I aim to deliver work that integrates smoothly into academic and policy research.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Applied Mathematics
• ☆ Game Theory
• ☆ Political Theory
• ☆ Geopolitics
• ☆ Economic Policy
• ☆ Development Economics
• ☆ Democracy
• ☆ European Politics & Government
• ☆ United States Politics & Government
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ STATA
• ☆ R
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing
• ☆ Statistical Finance
• ☆ International Economics
• ☆ Political Economy
• ☆ Consumer Behavior & Theory
• ☆ Macroeconomics
• ☆ Econometrics
• ☆ Behavioural Economics
• ☆ Socioeconomics
• ☆ Labor Economics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Senior Student Manager, Data Journalist, and Research Assistant

Claremont McKenna College

May 2023 - May 2026

Mathematics NSF Research Assistant for Professor Sarah Cannon and Professor Evan Rosenman

Claremont McKenna College

January 2024 - January 2026

Team Lead and Research Assistant

RAND Corporation

January 2024 - May 2024

Arthur R. Adams Fellowship in International Political Economy

Claremont McKenna College

November 2022 - September 2023

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Mathematics)

Claremont McKenna College

August 2022 - May 2026

Certifications

• Economics of European Integration

  London School of Economics and Political Science

  June 2023 - Present

Publications

CONFERENCE PAPER

Armine Kardashyan (2026). Funding Against Despair: European Social Fund Eligibility and Regional Outcomes. 25th Carroll Round Conference.

Armine Kardashyan (2026). Converging, But Not Together. 2026 Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union.

Armine Kardashyan (2025). From Accession to Agglomeration: Regional Growth, Migration, and the Politics of Discontent. RUCAM Workshop 2025.