((Postdoc|Closing date)): not specified

The network partners are currently recruiting for a number of researchers to work on the programme.IFAU (Uppsala): Post Doctoral Scholarship

The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) and Department of economics Uppsala university seeks a Post Doctoral Researcher. This person will work within and be funded by the EU’s Research and Training Network (RTN) “Microdata Methods and Practice”. The other organisations involved in the Network are CAM (Copenhagen), CEMFI (Madrid), CNRS-EUREQua (Paris) and Tinbergen Institute (Rotterdam and Amsterdam).

Research
Much of the research to be conducted by the Network falls under the following substantive themes: Consumer behaviour and economic welfare; Policy and programme evaluation methods; The empirical analysis of games and auctions; Methods for longitudinal/panel data analysis; Labour markets; and Health. These six themes and the Network’s general interest in methodological development, will serve as focal points for training, research collaboration and interaction between partners in the Network and affiliated nodes.

Training
The Network has an extensive training programme which includes doctoral programme courses, short courses, master-classes, workshops, international conferences and seminars and network meetings. The post-doctoral researcher will be able to choose from the wide variety of training offered by the Network partners.

Profile
To be considered for this post, a candidate must have recently obtained a PhD degree in economics or another social science. The degree must have a substantial quantitative component.

Eligible candidates are nationals from a European Union Member or Associated States (not Sweden) or non-EU nationals if they have been resident in the EU (not Sweden) for more than 4 out of the last 5 years. Candidates should not have been resident in Sweden for more then 12 months out of the last 36 months immediately prior to the start date. Swedish nationals are eligible if they have been resident outside the EU for more than 4 out of the last 5 years. The Network can appoint some non-EU nationals that have not been resident in the EU for more than 4 out of the last 5 years.

The EU funded scholarship will be for one year. The basic living allowance will be Euro 52,029 per year with a further mobility allowance of Euro 550 per month for single and Euro 886 for researchers with a partner and/or children. Both basic allowance and mobility allowance are subject to Swedish and national insurance.

Please send a CV, names and addresses of three referees, a research paper (or link) and a brief outline of your proposed research (no more than three pages).

Cecila Andersson
IFAU
Box 513
751 20 Uppsala
Sweden

or email: Cecilia.Andersson@ifau.uu.se

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