Research Assistant in Macroeconomics and Public Finance

vor 1 Woche


St Gallen, Schweiz Universität St.Gallen Vollzeit

**Research Assistant in Macroeconomics and Public Finance (M/F/d)**:
20 % (unlimited, by 01.04.2025)

**Your tasks**:

- You will contribute to our ongoing research projects in macro public finance, covering topics on inequality, taxation, student financing policies, human capital accumulation, and young household savings patterns. Your tasks will include
- working with extensive survey and administrative data
- producing key statistics and performing econometric analysis
- research on institutional settings in Switzerland
- literature research

**Your profile**:

- We are looking for a highly motivated master student in economics who
- has at least some basic knowledge of R, Python or Stata
- applies critical thinking to data and has interest in economic theory
- is intrinsically motivated to solve complex problems
- feels comfortable to work in a small team and
- has a very good foundation in statistics or econometrics

Previous project experience in processing datasets (cleaning, merging and generating basic statistics) and knowledge of German language would be an advantage.

The Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW-HSG) is looking to hire a Research Assistant to join the chair of Professor Dominik Sachs. This part-time role is suitable for individuals that are driven, fast learners, careful yet efficient, and want to work on projects with direct relevance to public policy. We foster a collaborative team environment that prioritizes active knowledge sharing and agile methods. Flexible working hours will allow to integrate your tasks with your weekly schedule.

**Inspirational Work Environment**:
**Executive Education**:
**Network**:
**Family & Career**:
**Equal Opportunities**:
**Fit and Healthy**:
Further information on working at the HSG can be found here.

**For job-related questions**:
Prof. Dr. Dominik Sachs
Professor

Lea Fricke
Research assistant / PhD student

**Your place of work**:
**University of St.Gallen**: «A place where knowledge is created» - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 9800 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3300 researchers, educators and professional staff.

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