Summer 2027 Corporate Intern: Economist

Walmart is a large retail company whose Economics team applies academic insights and methods to support company decision-making and transformation. The Economist Intern will work with business and technology teams on projects involving experimentation, causal inference, trade-off analysis, behavioral economics, and strategic decision-making.

What you'll do:

• Designing and analyzing experiments Guide decision making by ensuring we understand the impact of potential changes through careful experimentation
• Performing causal inference Leverage the latest in econometrics and statistics to understand the effect of changes we cannot run experimentally
• Framing and evaluating trade-offs Define and weigh business trade-offs to drive strategic decisions under uncertainty
• Applying behavioral economics Use an understanding of behavioral economics to inform user experience design

What they're looking for:

• Held over an 11-week period during the summer of 2027 for undergrad students graduating between December 2027 and August 2028
• Must be actively enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program
• Expected graduation date between December 2027 - August 2028
• Experience with analyzing large datasets (ideally coding in SQL, R, or Python) is a plus
• Passion for economics or experience assisting with academic research
• You're curious and a self-starter, naturally interested in learning more
• You're collaborative and uplift your team when you partner with others
• You enjoy hard problems
• You have knowledge of experimentation and causal inference methods
• A successful candidate will not require sponsorship from Walmart for authorization to work now or in the future

Benefits:

• Paid internship
• Housing and relocation benefits to students that meet qualifications