Two Pre-Doctoral Researchers (f/m/d)

Two Pre-Doctoral Researchers (f/m/d)

for the ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics

The ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics is inviting applications for two Pre-Doctroal Research positions. The pre-doctoral researchers will work under the supervision of Helmut Rainer and Maria Waldinger and will be involved in ongoing and new empirical projects in the areas of applied microeconomics and the economics of climate change.

The positions offer the opportunity to become acquainted with a broad range of research topics and econometric methods, and are ideally suited for candidates aiming to prepare for a PhD in economics.

The ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics deals with open questions in family and labor economics. The goal is to establish causally identified research results and thus inform policy makers and the public about the cause-effect relationships underlying the most pressing social problems of our time. The ifo Institute is one of Europe’s leading economic research institutes. Research at ifo combines academic excellence with economic policy relevance. Our faculty and postdoctoral researchers publish their work in high-impact journals and use their findings to bring scientific perspectives into policy debates. The scope of our research is broad, covering most fields in economics. Do you want to know more about us and your career opportunities? Meet us at https://www.ifo.de/en/about-us/ifo-career.

• Interesting and challenging tasks await you in one of the leading economic research institutes in Europe.
• Insight into the methods of scientific work.
• Temporary one-year employment contract.
• Possibility to apply for an internal PhD position after one year. The position is particularly suitable for students who wish to pursue a doctorate in economics. After completion of the one-year predoc, there will be vacant PhD positions in our center for which the candidate can apply.
• Your remuneration will be in line with the collective agreement for the public service of the German states (TV-L E10).
• Through our close connection to the CESifo network with over 1,800 members from all over the world, you will have the opportunity for intensive international experience and networking.
• With flexible working time arrangements, part-time models at all job levels, the possibility to work on a mobile basis, many opportunities for further education and training as well as research stays, we support you in your task and your personal development and make it possible to reconcile family and career. To this end, we also provide you with the best possible, modern and comprehensive equipment.
• Our graduates are in great demand on the national and international, scientific and private sector job market and regularly receive outstanding job offers.
• Our institute is a very nice place to work with its own garden and close to the Isar and the English Garden.
• Employees who move to Munich or the surrounding area from a radius of 200 km or more receive a relocation allowance after passing their probationary period.
• We support employees with little or no knowledge of German with German courses on request.

• Collaboration in the acquisition and implementation of scientific projects in the fields of applied microeconomics and economics of climate change
• Data acquisition, preparation and analysis
• Writing of non-technical papers for publication
• Internal support for scientific projects
• Literature research and classification of scientific projects in the existing research literature

• Master's degree in economics, or in a comparable field of study, completed with excellent results
• A strong quantitative research background
• Statistical/scientific programming experience, particularly in Stata, Python, ArcGIS, or R.
• Independent work and problem solving
• German language skills an advantage but not mandatory

With us, you will find an ideal working environment for excellent research. This was also confirmed by the European Commission, which awarded us the "HR Excellence in Research" award in 2019. Our membership in the Familienpakt Bayern (Bavarian Family Pact) reinforces our measures to reconcile family and career. We promote professional equality regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual identity. We strive to increase the proportion of women in research and therefore expressly encourage women to apply Interested? Then please send us your application documents with the reference number 2023-004 AB-PreDok by 12 February 2023 using the from here. Please attach a cover letter, your CV, references and other documents relevant to your application in the lower section of the form. Letters of recommendation can be sent directly from the creator to the following email address: Recruiting@ifo.de. The letters will then be added to your application in our system and forwarded to the appropriate people. Please make sure to use only .pdf files, Word documents and images in .jpg format. Please also ensure to use short file names. Long file names can lead to errors when sending the application. Please read the document "Information on attachment naming" carefully so that your application can be sent to us without errors. Please use "Mozilla Firefox" or "Microsoft Edge" as browser. In case of problems, please check if you are using the latest browser version.