Emprego - Investigador em Macroeconomia, 5 anos, CEMPRE-FEP-
CEMPRE – Centro de Estudos Macroeconómicos e de Previsão, a research centre hosted by
Faculdade de Economia of Universidade do Porto, Portugal, financed by EU and Portuguese Government funds via FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) – is hiring a
Full-time researcher in Macroeconomics
Job/Fellowship Reference: C2007-FEP-Macroeconomic Modelling
Job/Fellowship summary
We are seeking a PhD in Economics graduate with research experience on dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE).
The researcher will have extended autonomy to launch research projects on Macroeconomics topics jointly with CEMPRE researchers.
She/He will have no teaching obligations but may be called on to inter-act with FEP’s Doctoral Programme in Economics.
We offer a five year contract with an annual gross compensation of Eur 53732 (fifty three thousand, seven hundred and thirty two euros) plus a meal bonus of Eur 4.03 per working day.
Job/Fellowship description
Applicants should preferably have at least 3 years of post-doctoral experience and scientific production, but FCT considers accepting applicants with less than 3 years of post-doctoral experience in cases justified. We strongly encourage applications by all graduates with some publication performance.
The researcher should have a research experience and a publication record on dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE), and have a special interest in macroeconomics – growth and/or business cycles –, economic policy and related subjects such as, inter alia, financial markets.
She/He should have a capability to specify, solve and simulate DSGE models. Accordingly, theoretical, analytical and programming skills (eg in Matlab, Gauss or Dynare) are strongly required.
Know-how on bayesian estimation of DSGE models would be an additional preferential attribute.
The researcher will join CEMPRE (Centro de Estudos Macroeconómicos e de Previsão) but is likely to work also with members of CETE (Centro de Estudos em Economia Industrial, do Trabalho e da Empresa, also hosted by FEP).
CEMPRE and CETE are the two research centres in Economics at FEP (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto) which are granted with FCT funding, both graded Very Good at the last evaluation. CEMPRE, which specializes in macroeconomics, has 26 members currently affiliated to FEP and actively teaching and researching, while CETE, which specializes in microeconomics, has 23 members.
The goals of CEMPRE and CETE are to endorse academic research and publication of scientific research results in high quality international journals. Both financially support FEP’s Doctoral programme in Economics and have a leading role in several FEP Seminar series, a Working Paper series, and a Discussion Paper series.
The researcher will have no teaching obligations but may be called on to assist on the supervision of PhD students and lecture seminars within courses of the Doctoral Programme.
She/he is expected to co-author papers with CEMPRE/CETE researchers and/or supervised students, which will be presented at FEP Seminars and International conferences – with the financial support of CEMPRE – published as FEP Working Papers, and submitted under the affiliation to CEMPRE for publication in high quality international journals.
The researcher will be offered a working place in a very pleasant office, endowed with high quality computing facilities and access to the whole of FEP’s resources, namely online bibliographic and statistical databases, a very well equipped library, and technical assistance with computers and software.
The annual gross compensation is Eur 53732 (fifty three thousand, seven hundred and thirty two euros) plus a meal bonus of Eur 4.03 per working day. Mandatory employee’s social security contributions rate is 11% of gross compensation. As for income tax, for a single person without kids a rate of 25,5% applies.
We offer a 5 years contract, in accordance to the rules of FCT’s Programme Ciência 2007. A subsequent contract may be considered, depending on circumstances at the time of expiration of this contract.
Job/Fellowship application:
Applicants should send their CV, a cover letter indicating their main motivations for the job and subject preferences, two reference letters and pdf files with current research papers, no later than 31 March 2008, to the address
fep2007@fep.up.pt.
For further details applicants may contact the Director of CEMPRE:
Manuel M. F. Martins
CEMPRE, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr Roberto Frias s/n 4200 464 Porto Portugal
mmfmartins@fep.up.pt
CEMPRE, FEP, UP,
9 January 2008.
