New: December 2007

Job Offer

The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College invites applications for two Research Scholar positions in the program on distribution of income and wealth. The scholar will collaborate with a team of economists on updating and extending the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW). The successful candidate would be capable of developing analyses of well-being and deprivation using the LIMEW and its components. Special consideration will be given to candidates with research interests in issues of international comparisons of living standards and measurement of poverty. Given the broad nature of our measure, a wide variety of research interests can be complementary to the project. More information on the LIMEW project can be found at http://www.levy.org/diw.aspx.

Requirements: A completed Ph.D. is required, but candidates expecting the degree in the immediate future will also be considered. We also expect the candidate to possess solid quantitative skills and familiarity with analyzing microdata using SAS or Stata. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Please submit a letter of interest, current CV, references, and sample papers to Human Resources #11007, Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000, or fax to 845 758 7826.

New: October 2007

Job Offer

CEPS/INSTEAD, a public research institute based in Luxembourg, is seeking an Economist/Social Scientist (PhD) to join a small team of researchers with main focus on methodological research (measurement and modelling) and empirical, micro-econometric analysis of survey data. Fields of application are such as labour market studies, economic inequality, human capital, gender and immigration issues, family economics.

For details, see http://www.ceps.lu/job/ERDI2007-01.pdf

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Opportunities for short research visits at CEPS/INSTEAD (Luxembourg) between January 15 and June 30 2008

CEPS/INSTEAD, a public research institute based in Luxembourg, offers opportunities for researchers in the socio-economic sciences willing to spend 2 to 12 weeks carrying out their own research using the CEPS/INSTEAD infrastructure and archive of micro-data. This visiting researchers programme is sponsored by the European Community's 6th Framework Programme. Grants are available to cover travel costs, local living expenses and on-site accommodation. Visits can be made by individual researchers or by groups of researchers working on a joint research.

Please read the call for proposals at http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/documents/call21_200709.pdf or pay a visit to the IRISS website http://www.ceps.lu/iriss/ .

Closing date for this call is November 5 for visits scheduled any time between January 15 and June 30 2008.