PhD Postition in Micro-econometrics RWTH Aachen University, Germany

The teaching and research unit “Applied Economics with Empirical Focus”, headed by Prof. Urban at RWTH Aachen University, is currently seeking to expand its team as soon as possible with a PhD student in the field of micro-econometrics applied to international trade and investment.

We offer a salary according to salary group 13 TV-L; hours of employment will be 50% of the regular working hours per week.

Your Job
Your key task will be the implementation of microdata-based scientific research, particularly in the areas of empirical international trade and labour market research. At the same time, you will be expected to conduct teaching activities, such as preparing lectures, marking student theses, and holding tutorials, etc., mainly in theoretical and applied econometrics at both Bachelor and Master level. Should you hold the necessary qualifications, you may be able to increase your hours of employment up to 100% of the regular working hours per week later on.

Your Profile

• hold an excellent university degree in business/economics, mathematics, physics or industrial engineering.
• have very good mathematics skills and are capable of analytical thought.
• are eager to conduct research into empirical international trade and labour economics, and to gain a PhD in this field.
• have excellent English skills.
• are creative and can work both autonomously and within our team.
• are willing to travel in order to carry out research activities.
• might possibly have studied econometrics/statistics or international trade theory as an elective subject, have conducted basic empirical analyses using STATA, MATLAB or GAUSS, or have some experience of stochastics.

RWTH Aachen University aims to increase the number of women in areas in which they are under-represented, women are strongly encouraged to apply. You find further information here.

RWTH Aachen University aims to integrate persons with disabilities, persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. You find further information information here.

Please send your CV and supporting documents (exam results and certificates) together with an outline of a potential research project (no more than two DIN-4 sheets, including bibliography) until 26 June, 2009, to:

Prof. Dieter Urban, PhD
Lehr- & Forschungsgebiet VWL, insb. Angew. Wirtschaftsforschung
RWTH Aachen
Templergraben 64
D-52056 Aachen
Germany

Contact:
Prof. Urban, Dieter
RWTH Aachen University
dieter.urban[ at ]wiwi.rwth-aachen.de

Closing date: 26 June, 2009,