The World Inequality Lab recruits a research assistant W/M

Employer: PSE - World Inequality Lab
Education: Master students
Experience: 0-2 years
Contract: CDD fixed-term 8 months - 1 day per week
Starting date: September 2024
Remuneration: 500€ gross per month
Location: Jourdan Campus, Paris 14th
Language: English
Application deadline: July 15, 2024

Environment

Paris School of Economics (PSE) aims to develop economic research and disseminate its results at the highest international level. It brings together a community of 135 researchers and 166 doctoral candidates, and offers a range of cutting-edge courses in economics. PSE was founded in 2006 by CNRS, EHESS, ENS, École des Ponts-ParisTech, INRAE and Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. A young, fast-growing structure, PSE works with many public and private partners in France, Europe and abroad. It develops and supports a number of innovative projects, including the World Inequality Lab (WIL).

The World Inequality Lab (WIL) is a research laboratory at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) focused on the study of global inequalities. For almost ten years, the WIL has worked to produce evidence-based research on the various dimensions of inequality, both within and between countries. The results are disseminated through research papers, reports, events and media interventions. The WIL also maintains the World Inequality Database (WID), the most extensive open-access public database on global inequality dynamics. The WIL team is made up of about twenty researchers and professionals based at PSE, and works closely with an international network of over 200 academics affiliated with the WID.

As part of a project on global gender inequality, the WIL aims to estimate the share of labour income received by women across the globe, compare patterns between different world regions and search for explanations of cross-regional differences by leveraging a newly assembled global dataset. To get an overview of the project, have a look at Chapter 5 of the World Inequality Report 2022. We are looking for a candidate with interest in assisting us in developing this project further, with experience in survey data analysis, an overview of the gender economics literature and who works with great independence and initiative.

Position

You will assist the gender coordinator in analyzing survey data for many countries worldwide, searching for complementary data for further analyses, and contributing to the project’s methodological development.

Profile and skills

You are an economics student interested in measuring the evolution of global inequalities, with a particular interest in gender disparities. You wish to integrate a research environment with a strong international orientation, which maintains close links with a large network of researchers around the world.

Skills:

Good knowledge of Stata (mastery of other computer languages valued).
Organizational skills, particularly with regard to managing projects involving a large amount of code.
Good ability to collaborate on computer code.
Fluent English (spoken and written).
Knowledge of the gender economics literature is an advantage.
Interest in income and wealth measurement issues, both at the macro and micro level. Interest in the work of compiling and harmonizing these data on a large scale to inform public and academic debate.

PSE - WIL welcome applications from all candidates and guarantees equal treatment for all. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Working conditions

Nice working environment on a green campus in an eco-responsible building
Mandatory company health insurance
Remote working (occasional)
Meal vouchers at €9.50/day
Transport reimbursement scheme

Please send your application (CV and covering letter) highlighting your experience in this research field to theresa.neef at psemail.eu specifying your first and last name in the subject line: "Application - Research assistant", before the evening of July 15th, 2024. Incomplete or incorrectly referenced applications will not be considered.