I studied master of economics at Tehran University, and now I'm going to apply for PhD. degrees in Canada. I familiar with R, and as you know, these days is necessary for an economist to know about some software.
I want to focus on one software that's enough for my future academic research. What's your suggestion between R, Matlab, and Python?
If you're confident in R, stick to R.
However, if you want to explore other languages, there is no harm in that. But better to be an expert at one, rather than knowing bits and pieces of all. In terms of mathematical calculations, all three are well capable.
I recommend using Python. I think that Python is the best path after the usual learn-to-code activities. R is mainly used for statistical analysis while Python provides a more general approach to data science.
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