Hey all, i am about to finish my PhD in labor mobility (micro economics)> I am searching for a postdoctoral position in applied micro-economics in California, US. Having worked in UK for a while, at this moment i do not have complete information for the academic job in US. If any of you know anything, could you please share the information with me. (e.g. Which web search could i use? I am using "indeed" "http://www.postdocjobs.com/jobseekers/"). But those two do not have enough information on US market.

I have one publication but is not at top 10 journals. My research mainly related to migration and education covering both theory and empirical work. At this moment, i am trying to close my phd and searching the postdoctoral position at the same time. If any one you know anything related to my field, could you please share the information with me.
Many thanks

Why do you want to work in the US? The UK has much better health care, public transport, cheaper food, cheaper cost of living in general, better people... It's also less competitive so should be easier to find a job and keep a job.

PS Yes I'm biased!

TreeofLife has a point about the UK being much better but the truth is the US has MANY postdoc fellowships with generous pay it's insane. I am currently in Canada teaching but applying for postdocs back in the UK (hopefully coming back next year fingers crossed).

As far as your chances go, you have a publication which is good. Whether it's top 10 or not is not going to prevent you from getting any fellowships in the States. I say finish your PhD (a completed PhD looks much better in your CV), show in your CV that you're working on forthcoming publications, make sure the faculty members giving you references are good names if you can (beyond your control but would certainly help especially in the States), and conferences also count a lot over there. I'm not saying you'll get one at Harvard or Princeton, but tbh even "average" unis in the States are so generous and provide really good fellowships.

PS. I'm an economist as well (macroeconomist) but like TreeofLife I'm not a big fan of the US although 2 of my brothers are studying there.

Hi, I've never had to search for a postdoc yet so I'm probably not the best person to answer. I've only looked on this website and in New Scientist.

You're an economist like me: have you tried www.econ-jobs.com? It's an excellent site to get job info as well as postdocs around the world. There's also postdocjobs.com but it's less specialised- I'm registered with econ-jobs and get regularly emails from them.

Otherwise, you should narrow down your selection of unis to target and then investigate whether they offer postdocs and how to apply. As you know, the US is huge so you need to decide which part of the country you want to settle in, which ones have good econ departments that give generous funding, etc… It's good you're starting now, but you need to be more specific as to where in the states. Personally, I find that unis in the Northeast tend to have really good econ departments so I'd focus on New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, etc… How much do you know about US universities?