University of Copenhagen

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Post Doc Positions at Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

CEBI is a Center of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The overarching goal of CEBI is to provide cutting-edge research on the role of behavior in generating inequality and the underlying sources of such behavioral inequality. The focus is on empirical research and on exploiting the globally unique Danish data research infrastructure that enables CEBI members to combine various population administrative registers on individuals’ background, choices and outcomes, and also to combine these data with information about behavioral characteristics of individuals obtained from large-scale controlled experiments and surveys.

CEBI combines several fields and methods: Microeconometrics, Experimental and Survey Methods, Structural Modelling, Public Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics, Consumption Theory, Political Economics.

The current group includes 12 senior researchers, 12 junior researchers, 14 PhD students and 10 external members from NYU, Pompeu Fabra, Princeton and Zürich.

For further information about CEBI see www.econ.ku.dk/cebi.

CEBI is looking for excellent candidates with a strong background in the above-mentioned research fields. The positions will have a duration of up to 3 years. Employment is expected to begin as soon as possible but no later than 1st September 2020.

Applications should be received no later than 2nd. December 2019. Interviews will be organized at the European job market for Economists in Rotterdam, 18 – 19 December, 2019.

Application packages should include cover letter (including reasons applying for this position), full CV (including list of publications), names (letters) of references and one or more research papers.

To be considered for these positions, please write in the application the key reasons for applying to become member of CEBI, and indicate whether you will be available for interview in Rotterdam.

For further information about CEBI and the Post Doc Positions please contact Center Administrator Tine Ceccardi (tine.ceccardi@econ.ku.dk) or Director Claus Thustrup Kreiner (ctk@econ.ku.dk)

Applications must be submitted through Econjobmarket.org: https://econjobmarket.org/positions?oid=902