JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2015 - January 31, 2016
European Central Bank (ECB)
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, GERMANY
JEL Classifications:
E -- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
F -- International Economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:
The Monetary Policy Research Division of the European Central Bank (ECB) is interested in hiring experienced or recent PhDs in economics. The Division has two main responsibilities. (i) It conducts research in macroeconomics and monetary economics, including work on monetary policy rules and optimal monetary policy; the monetary transmission mechanism; interaction between monetary and fiscal policy; macro models with financial frictions; international economics; the development of macroeconometric and time series models for forecasting, forecast risk and scenario analyses; consumer finance and behaviour; analyses of structural/labour market reforms, and competitiveness and growth policies. (ii) It provides research-based policy advice, including the use of conceptual frameworks and models for policy analysis and the maintenance and use of macroeconometric models for forecasting, both possibly in collaboration with the relevant policy areas of the ECB.
Successful candidates will be expected to conduct and publish high-quality research, develop new models and tools, contribute to the Division’s policy work and share some organisational tasks.
Information about the ECB is available at www.ecb.europa.eu
Application Requirements:
- Application Instructions Below
Application Instructions:
1. a CV;
2. a sample of recent research;
3. at least three references;
4. an application letter (indicating whether you will attend the ASSA meeting in San Francisco);
Female applicants are particularly encouraged to apply.
Inquiries can be sent to the same address.
All documentation must be received by 30 November 2015. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco.