Pre-doctoral Research Fellow

Vor 3 Tagen

Zürich, Schweiz Universität Zürich Vollzeit

**Department of Economics**
**Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow 70 %**: Start of employment earliest 01.11.2024, latest 01.01.2025

The Department of Economics at the University of Zurich, a leading European research department, representing a wide range of research interests in all areas of economics, invites applicants for the position of a pre-doctoral research fellow in Economics.

**Your responsibilities**:

- You will work on several projects in development economics, ranging from taxation to firm development and broader microeconomic development studies. These projects draw on different datasets to shed light on i) tax compliance in low
- and middle-income countries, ii) the impact of public procurement on firm development, and iii) measures to improve welfare for low-income domestic workers. The projects involve the analysis of exciting, large-scale network datasets including the transactions between all formal firms in the entire country of Ecuador and tax data on intra-group payments carried out by multinational firms operating in Chile, as well as the design and rollout of randomized field experiments (RCTs) in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

**Your profile**:
Very good oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of German is not required.

**What we offer**:
**Work-Life Balance**
- Flexible working models (such as part-time positions, mobile working, job-sharing)
- Childcare at the kihz foundation of UZH and ETH

**Learning and Development**
- Wide range of continuing education courses of UZH and the Canton of Zurich
- Language Center run jointly with ETH Zurich

**Food**
- Food and drinks at reduced prices in the UZH cafeterias
- Lunch-Check-card with UZH contribution

**Healthcare**
- Special conditions on the Academic Sports Association ASVZ
- Free seasonal flu vaccinations
- Rest and relaxation at the quiet room in the university tower

**Discounts**
- Private traffic: Carsharing, rent a vehicle, parking space
- Digitalization: Hardware, software, mobile phone subscriptions
- Special conditions on hotel reservations

**Conditions of Employment**
- Policies of the UZH
- Most UZH staff are employed according to public law

**International Services**
- Support for people from outside Switzerland

**Campuses**
- Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
- Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg

**Location**:
**Department of Economics***:Schönberggasse 1, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

**Further information**:
**Questions about the job**:
**Talea Grootenhuis**
- Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Zurich Department of Economics

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