Reannouncement - PhD scholarship at the Department of Business and Economics
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Topic: Causal Inference with Many IVs: Using Mendelian Randomization to Estimate the Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol on Productivity and of Creativity and Risk Taking on Entrepreneurship
With a view to obtaining more qualified applicants to the above-mentioned position, the position is now reannounced.
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, to be filled by September 1th, 2020.
The PhD candidate will be part of the Econometrics and Historical Economics research group at SDU. The group focuses on teaching and research in applied and theoretical microeconometrics, economic history, macroeconomics, international and regional economics. The group is engaged in cooperation with several academic and external partners. The research group has attracted a high number of visiting professors and a number of grants from the Danish Research Council and other external funding sources in recent years. More information about the research group can be found here.
Job description
The PhD position is funded by the Danish Research Foundation and the successful candidate will be part of the project “Causal Inference with Many IVs: Using Mendelian Randomization to Estimate the Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol on Productivity and of Creativity and Risk Taking on Entrepreneurship”. The PhD candidate can expect to be part of an ambitious, interdisciplinary research group. Due to the inclusion in the research project, the PhD position will also have close ties to the iPSCHY research group and with the department of Economics at Boston College. The PhD candidate is expected to complete a research stay of three months at Boston College hosted by Professor Arthur Lewbel.
The first part of the project will focus on developing new methods that retain and expand the advantages of using several instrumental variables without imposing unrealistic assumptions on effect heterogeneity. These new methods will greatly enhance our ability to estimate causal effects in many settings where it was previously unfeasible without imposing unrealistic assumptions.
The remainder of the proposed project applies these new methods to two different settings where it is extremely difficult to estimate causal effect and where the new methods are expected to dramatically improve the credibility of the results. Both empirical studies rely on the idea of Mendelian randomization and will use a unique dataset on genetic markers (iPSYCH) to estimate and compare the causal effects of cannabis and alcohol abuse on educational attainment, labor market outcomes, and health outcomes and estimate the causal effects of creativity and risk propensity on the probability of engaging in entrepreneurial activities.
The successful applicant has:
Associate Professor Giovanni Mellace ([email protected]) will be the PhD main supervisor and Professor Arthur Lewbel will act as co-supervisor. For more information about the position please contact Giovanni Mellace via e-mail.
Further information about the programme can be obtained from the department’s PhD coordinator Professor Karol Jan Borowiecki ([email protected]).
Application, salary, etc.
Your employment as a Salaried PhD Research Fellow is governed by the agreement of 10 November 2015 on Graduate Employees in government appendix 5 – protocol on PhD Research Fellows. The scholarship runs for three years.
An application must include:
An abstract for the above project description of no more than 250 words
The scholarship runs for 3 year (5+3) or 4 years (4+4) and starts on September 1, 2019. The candidate will be expected to complete a six-month stay at a research institution abroad.
When applying for a PhD scholarship, please fill in the application form available on our webpage. On the webpage of the PhD-school, you can find the guidelines for preparing your project proposal within the PhD programme in Economics.
All non-Danish documents must be translated into English.
Applications will be assessed by a committee. When the evaluation committee has submitted its report, the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her.
Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements will not be assessed by the committee.
Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process.
The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.
As part of the overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, an interview may be applied.
Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online" no later than 15/05/2020. Uploaded files must be in Adobe PDF (unlocked) or Word format.
Read the guideline for applicants: http://www.sdu.dk/en/service/ledige_stillinger/soegjob
Each field can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.
With a view to obtaining more qualified applicants to the above-mentioned position, the position is now reannounced.
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, to be filled by September 1th, 2020.
The PhD candidate will be part of the Econometrics and Historical Economics research group at SDU. The group focuses on teaching and research in applied and theoretical microeconometrics, economic history, macroeconomics, international and regional economics. The group is engaged in cooperation with several academic and external partners. The research group has attracted a high number of visiting professors and a number of grants from the Danish Research Council and other external funding sources in recent years. More information about the research group can be found here.
Job description
The PhD position is funded by the Danish Research Foundation and the successful candidate will be part of the project “Causal Inference with Many IVs: Using Mendelian Randomization to Estimate the Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol on Productivity and of Creativity and Risk Taking on Entrepreneurship”. The PhD candidate can expect to be part of an ambitious, interdisciplinary research group. Due to the inclusion in the research project, the PhD position will also have close ties to the iPSCHY research group and with the department of Economics at Boston College. The PhD candidate is expected to complete a research stay of three months at Boston College hosted by Professor Arthur Lewbel.
The first part of the project will focus on developing new methods that retain and expand the advantages of using several instrumental variables without imposing unrealistic assumptions on effect heterogeneity. These new methods will greatly enhance our ability to estimate causal effects in many settings where it was previously unfeasible without imposing unrealistic assumptions.
The remainder of the proposed project applies these new methods to two different settings where it is extremely difficult to estimate causal effect and where the new methods are expected to dramatically improve the credibility of the results. Both empirical studies rely on the idea of Mendelian randomization and will use a unique dataset on genetic markers (iPSYCH) to estimate and compare the causal effects of cannabis and alcohol abuse on educational attainment, labor market outcomes, and health outcomes and estimate the causal effects of creativity and risk propensity on the probability of engaging in entrepreneurial activities.
The successful applicant has:
- An excellent master’s degree in economics, or other relevant disciplines.
- Profound knowledge of econometrics and causal inference.
- Good knowledge of R and excellent programming skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English (enclosing results of TOEFL and GRE tests is encouraged but not mandatory)
Associate Professor Giovanni Mellace ([email protected]) will be the PhD main supervisor and Professor Arthur Lewbel will act as co-supervisor. For more information about the position please contact Giovanni Mellace via e-mail.
Further information about the programme can be obtained from the department’s PhD coordinator Professor Karol Jan Borowiecki ([email protected]).
Application, salary, etc.
Your employment as a Salaried PhD Research Fellow is governed by the agreement of 10 November 2015 on Graduate Employees in government appendix 5 – protocol on PhD Research Fellows. The scholarship runs for three years.
An application must include:
- Detailed CV
- A certified copy of your master’s degree certificate including all examination results
- Application form (please see below)
- A motivational letter describing why the applicant is a good match for analyzing the topic (and how the applicant’s skills provide a solid foundation to do so (max. 5 pages incl. reference list))
- A project description (max 5 pages of 2400 characters each, including spaces, notes, appendices, bibliography etc.)
An abstract for the above project description of no more than 250 words
The scholarship runs for 3 year (5+3) or 4 years (4+4) and starts on September 1, 2019. The candidate will be expected to complete a six-month stay at a research institution abroad.
When applying for a PhD scholarship, please fill in the application form available on our webpage. On the webpage of the PhD-school, you can find the guidelines for preparing your project proposal within the PhD programme in Economics.
All non-Danish documents must be translated into English.
Applications will be assessed by a committee. When the evaluation committee has submitted its report, the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her.
Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements will not be assessed by the committee.
Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process.
The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.
As part of the overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, an interview may be applied.
Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online" no later than 15/05/2020. Uploaded files must be in Adobe PDF (unlocked) or Word format.
Read the guideline for applicants: http://www.sdu.dk/en/service/ledige_stillinger/soegjob
Each field can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.
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Jobbet er oprettet på vores service den 8.1.2020, men kan have været deaktiveret og genaktiveret igen.
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