Research assistant position

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

Research assistant position

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

during the summer months.

• 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.

• 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

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.

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