Research assistant position
on an hourly basis
The Professorship for Managerial Economics at the Department of Business Administration at the Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Information Technology at the University of Zurich is looking for a research assistant
Your responsibilities
Your tasks would be:- Cleaning and merging large confidential Swiss data sets and running estimation models.
- We expect an occupation rate of at least 20% during the semester with preferably a higher rate
- We will conduct interviews with candidates in the second half of May and expect the work to start in the beginning of July at the latest.
- Because the data are confidential, upon starting employment the successful candidate will need to sign a confidentiality contract with the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
Your profile
• Matriculated student (ETH, University) in a master's degree• Excellent coding skills in Stata
- Very strong knowledge of microeconometrics
- A very good sense of responsibility and timeliness in the completion of tasks
- Great attention to detail
- Strong interest in technology and education
- Fluent in English, good knowledge of German and/or French
- High degree of responsibility and motivation
What we offer
We are experienced researchers working on state-of-the-art topics and offer you an insight into cutting edge research with the advantage of working under flexible hours.It may be possible to write a master thesis that is based on the RA work and extends it.
Place of work
Plattenstrasse 14, Zürich, SwitzerlandStart of employment
July 1st, 2024, at the latestPlease send your application in a single pdf-document. The application-package should contain the following items:
- motivation letter (two pages max., please also indicate your availability to work in the next few months and your ideal start date)
- curriculum vitae
- transcripts of university grades
Application's deadline: We will start reviewing applications on May 21, 2024
Further information
Please apply via our job portal http://www.jobs.uzh.ch.