At the Department of Economics at Aarhus School of Business a number of PhD-scholarships will be available from January 1, 2007 or soon thereafter.

The PhD-scholarships are placed within the Graduate School for Integration, Production and Welfare.2 scholarships are affiliated with the Department of Economics at Aarhus School of Business and the Danish National Institute of Social Research.1 scholarship is partly funded by the Nordic Centre of Excellence in Empirical Labour Economics and affiliated with the Department of Economics at Aarhus School of Business.

The PhD-scholarships are offered within quantitative analyses of labour market and welfare policies, including e.g. analysis of the effects of labour market programmes, the effects of programmes in relation to children, youth, families, immigrants or elderly, or the use of economic incentives in employment or integration policies. The aim is to analyse different types of interventions targeting these groups, and to develop and apply econometric methods for evaluating programmes using micro data.

Further information on the Graduate School and the PhD-scholarships can be obtained from professor Peter Jensen, Department of Economics, phone: +45 89 486 482, e-mail: pje@asb.dk, or research director Niels Ploug, Danish National Institute of Social Research, phone: +45 33 48 08 40, e-mail: np @ sfi.dk.

Conditions of employment: The PhD-scholarships are for a 3-year period. They can be awarded to persons with a Master`s degree or students who expect to obtain their Master`s degree in the near future. The appointment will be in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the appointee`s organisation.

The application: The application for a PhD-scholarship must use a special application form, which can be downloaded from hereor obtained from administrative officer:

Helle Bjørnebo Neidhardt,
phone: +45 8948 6567,
e-mail: hbn@asb.dk.

Questions about the scholarship etc. can be directed to administrative officer

Henrik Scriver,
phone: +45 8948 6560,
e-mail: hsc @ asb.dk.

The application form must be accompanied by an outline of a research project including a description of the proposed theory and methods (max. 5 pages); an outline of the PhD-study period; copies of certificates; CV and any other relevant material that the applicant wants to have evaluated. Everything should be submitted in five copies to:

the Aarhus School of Business,
Fuglesangs Allé 4, DK-8210 Århus V,
att.: Helle Bjørnebo Neidhardt.

Closing date for applications: Monday, December 18, 2006 at 12noon.

The Graduate School for Integration, Production and Welfare receives financial support from the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation. The announced scholarships are co-sponsored by the Aarhus School of Business, the Danish National Institute of Social Research and the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation.