Student Research Assistants in Finance at CBS

The Pension Research Centre (PeRCent) PeRCent at Department of Finance is looking to hire a Student Research Assistant, who is interested in supporting our research in household finance. The task will mainly be to analyze firm and household level data, for example w.r.t. decisions on savings, pension, housing, investments in securities, mortgages and other credit, etc.

About PeRCent:

The research center is established to make high-quality contributions in research through publications in esteemed economics and finance journals and teaching and dissemination activities. You can read more about PeRCent here: www.cbs.dk/pct

Role Responsibilities:
In this role, you'll engage in diverse tasks such as conducting literature reviews, supporting data collection and analysis, crafting research presentations, and participating in PeRCent's educational events. The workload is 15 hours per week on average, but there is a large degree of flexibility, not least during exam periods.

Desired Qualifications:
To support our research, we are looking for a student of economics, finance, or a related field. Main tasks include various analyzes and statistics based on microdata (register data). We therefore prefer applicants with a solid foundation in econometrics and statistics. As the majority of the work involves analyzes of register data experience with microeconometrics will be an advantage, but not a requirement. A solid understanding of Microsoft Office skills, notably in Excel is required. Familiarity with analytical software like STATA and R is also expected. Finally, exceptional academic performance, self-reliance, and a proactive learning approach are highly regarded.

Salary and employment conditions
Employment will be according to the HK-organisationsaftale and the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Offentligt Ansattes Organisationer (OAO-S Fællesoverenskomsten). Salary and pension are determined in regard to HK-overenskomsten and is dependent on previous clerical occupation and level of education.

The salary amounts to between DKK 132.68 and DKK 139.19 depending on previous employment with office employment experience and level of education. Pension is paid if there has been 9 months of prior employment in the public sector and you are over 20 years old, or have previously been covered by a pension scheme as part of a previous employment. The pension contribution amounts to 11.19% of the pensionable salary components.

It is a requirement that you are an active student at a higher education institution to be employed.

Application
You can apply for the position by sending your application via the “apply now button” with a motivated application (max 1 page), your CV, a grade transcript, and documentation of enrolment in a Danish institution in higher education as well as documentation of possible previous clerical occupation, no later than August 1, 2024. Applicants who do not enclose the above-mentioned documentation will not be taken into consideration. Possible job interviews are expected to be held shortly after the application deadline.

For more information, please contact: Professor Jesper Rangvid, Department of Finance ([email protected]).

Application due: 8/1/2024

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