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AI for Economists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy. May collect and process economic and statistical data using sampling techniques and econometric methods.

Economists · O*NET 19-3011.00 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

16 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

36 matched to the tools economists use. Showing 24.

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    Microsoft Power BI

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The tools this job actually uses

52 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Chot
  • IBM SPSS Statisticshot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft Power BIhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft SQL Serverhot
  • Microsoft Visual Basichot
  • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBAhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Mozilla Firefoxhot
  • MySQLhot
  • Oracle Javahot
  • Pythonhot
  • Rhot
  • SAShot
  • Structured query language SQLhot
  • Tableauhot
  • Teradata Databasehot
  • The MathWorks MATLABhot
  • UNIXhot
  • UNIX Shellhot
  • Aptech Systems GAUSS
  • Camfit Data Limited Microfit
  • Corel QuattroPro
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • Econometric Software LIMDEP
  • ESRI ArcView
  • Estima Regression Analysis of Time Series RATS
  • Estimates Delivery System EDS
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Global Insight AREMOS
  • IBM Lotus 1-2-3
  • Insightful S-PLUS
  • LaTeX
  • MacKichan Software Scientific Notebook
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • Mathsoft Mathcad

What this job involves

17 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 17.

  1. Study economic and statistical data in area of specialization, such as finance, labor, or agriculture.
  2. Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques.
  3. Study the socioeconomic impacts of new public policies, such as proposed legislation, taxes, services, and regulations.
  4. Explain economic impact of policies to the public.
  5. Review documents written by others.
  6. Provide advice and consultation on economic relationships to businesses, public and private agencies, and other employers.
  7. Formulate recommendations, policies, or plans to solve economic problems or to interpret markets.
  8. Supervise research projects and students' study projects.
  9. Conduct research on economic issues, and disseminate research findings through technical reports or scientific articles in journals.
  10. Develop economic guidelines and standards, and prepare points of view used in forecasting trends and formulating economic policy.
  11. Teach theories, principles, and methods of economics.
  12. Testify at regulatory or legislative hearings concerning the estimated effects of changes in legislation or public policy, and present recommendations based on cost-benefit analyses.
  13. Provide litigation support, such as writing reports for expert testimony or testifying as an expert witness.
  14. Forecast production and consumption of renewable resources and supply, consumption, and depletion of non-renewable resources.
  15. Construct and manage economic datasets.
  16. Present research at seminars and conferences.
  17. Review documents written by others, such as referee reports.