Offer DescriptionPostdoctoral position in Economics with a focus on quantitative methods and a background in gender, public, and cultural economics, with a particular focus on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Violence against Women.Combining population-based data from a wide variety of sources (hospital records; police records; face-to-face survey interviews) with quantitative methods drawn from economics, WomEmpower proposes to estimate the causal impact of (1) motherhood, (2) gender norms, and (3) labor market policies targeted to low-income workers on IPV.
Crucially, the project will identify the mechanisms driving IPV in the EU, as well as the population subgroups most at risk of victimization.WomEmpower will study how structural inequalities (poverty, immigrant status, race, lack of education/services) in the EU shape the risk of victimization, as well as how women's intersectionalities (racism, adultism, ableism, heteronormativity) impact their risk of victimization.The postdoc will be responsible for data cleaning, analysis, programming, and co-authoring papers on the causes of IPV in the EU and the US.The successful applicants will join a team producing cutting-edge research on applied economics, domestic violence, and crime regularly publishing their work in top international journals.Gross salary per year:43.000 €.RequirementsResearch Field:EconomicsEducation Level:PhD or equivalentSkills/Qualifications:PhD holder in Economics with research on intimate partner violence using quantitative methods.
Research focus on gender, public, and cultural economics.Required docs:Form (appendix 3)Full CVMotivation letter describing the applicant's own research interests and how their research experience fits within the projectTwo writing samples (articles, thesis chapters or manuscripts)Three reference lettersSpecific Requirements:Experience investigating the impact of education on domestic violence will be highly considered.
Experience analyzing unemployment and/or divorce on violence and intimate partner violence will also be valued.Expertise in the following programming languages: Stata, R, GAMS, QGIS, and UCINET.Strong communication skills, ability to integrate in and contribute to teamwork, high reliability, attention to detail, eagerness to learn, pro-active and responsible attitude, intellectual independence; Excellent command of English, Spanish, and Italian.Languages:ENGLISH Level: ExcellentSPANISH Level: GoodITALIAN Level: GoodResearch Field:EconomicsYears of Research Experience:4 - 10Additional Information:The minimum score to pass the selection process is 75/100 points.Selection process:Interviews will be conducted remotely by video.
The candidate will also present original research and will interview with several members of the team.Duration of the contract of employment:12 months, renewable up to 31/12/2028.The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of the selection.Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).For additional information regarding this offer, please contact Dr. Nuria Rodriguez Planas:Work Location(s):Number of offers available: 1Company/Institute: Universitat de BarcelonaCountry: SpainState/Province: BarcelonaCity: BarcelonaPostal Code: 08034Street: Avinguda Diagonal, 694E-Mail:******#J-18808-Ljbffr