BI is looking for a PhD student / young researcher to work on the topic of youth employment and labour market policy evaluation

25/10/2021

Please send your CV and motivation letter (in English, outlining your research interest) to Ms Judit Léderer (judit.lederer@budapestinstitute.eu) by 30 November 2021.

In the framework of the Youth Employment PartnerSHIP project, Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis is looking for a PhD student / young researcher to work on the topic of youth employment and labour market policy evaluation.

The call is addressed to PhD students / young researchers with citizenship from the project’s beneficiary countries (Poland, Italy, and Spain) with research interests in the field of labour economics, with a focus on labour market policies.

When

The visiting period will last 4-8 weeks, starting preferably between November 2021 and May 2022, and will be located at the Budapest Institute. There is some flexibility in the length and timing. Upon request, we can offer a virtual internship with 1-2 week stay in Budapest at the beginning of the period.

Topic

The prospective topic of research will be the analysis of young persons not in education, employment, or training (the NEETs) in Hungary and Europe, the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, the performance of the public employment office, with special attention to gender issues. The visiting fellow can be working with administrative data, as well as with Labour Force Survey and other large-sample survey data.

Requirements

Essential:

-           Master’s degree in economics or quantitative social sciences

-           knowledge of labour economics and statistics, including statistical software (STATA or R)

-           PhD students / young researchers with citizenship from the project’s beneficiary countries (Poland, Italy, and Spain)

Advantage:

-           previous experience in working with administrative data

Environment

The visiting researcher will be working with researchers at the Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis. Given the nature of work at the Budapest Institute, they may also work in applied research and consultancy projects (for the EU PES Network or EU DG EMPL). Furthermore, the visiting researcher can interact with researchers at the Institute of Economics of Centre for Economic and Regional Studies as well. There will be opportunities to present research results to project partners and at the Institute of Economics.

Funding

The program will cover travel and accommodation expenses, as well as a subsistence allowance.

Deadline: November 30, 2021

To apply:

Please send your CV and motivation letter (in English, outlining your research interest) to Judit Léderer at judit.lederer@budapestinstitute.eu