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Economics Analysts - General Equilibrium or Microsimulation Modelling Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
As the science and knowledge service of the Commission, the mission of DG Joint Research Centre is to support EU policies with independent evidence throughout the whole policy cycle. The JRC is located in 5 Member States (Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain). Further information is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/. The Fiscal Policy Analysis Unit of JRC-Seville wishes to recruit an economic modeller to provide quantitative modelling support for EU fiscal policy. This will be delivered within the support framework to DG EMPL, DG ECFIN and DG TAXUD, and involve contexts such as the EU fiscal surveillance framework and the European Semester. More information about the unit is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-topic/fiscal-policy-analysis.
The unit has currently the following five vacancies: - General equilibrium modeller - pension reforms(1 post)
The successful candidate will be expected to support the analysis of pension reforms, through the maintenance and development of an overlapping generation model. Research and analytical work will involve collaboration with other European Commission services and other relevant international organisations and research institutions. The successful candidate must have experience in general equilibrium modelling. Specific experience with overlapping generation modelling and pension policy are particularly welcome. A good command of programming languages such as Python (or a strong willingness to acquire a good command of it) would be an additional asset. Knowledge of Stata software is also welcome. The successful candidate will be expected to work with a large-scale general equilibrium micro-macro overlapping generations model on issues related to pensions, demographic change and fiscal policy. Therefore, the candidate should either have experience in these areas, or a strong motivation to learn with a solid knowledge of general equilibrium modelling. A track record of research and publications will be an asset.
- General equilibrium modeller - corporate taxation (2 posts)
The successful candidates will be expected to support the analysis of corporate tax reforms using applied general equilibrium modelling. The candidates should either have experience in tax policy, or a strong motivation to learn, with a solid knowledge of computable general equilibrium modelling techniques. Knowledge of Stata software is also welcome. Research and analytical work will involve collaboration with other European Commission services and other relevant international organisations and research institutions. The candidates will contribute to the assessment of Commission proposals and Member States reforms in the area of corporate taxation. The successful candidates will need to have experience in the analysis of corporate taxation, focusing in particular on the use of computable general equilibrium models. A good command of GAMS programming language or a willingness to learn it are required. A track record of research and publications in the field of taxation and/or using large firm-level databases are welcome.
- Economic Analyst - Microsimulation modelling (2 posts)
The successful candidates will contribute to the maintenance, update and documentation of the EUROMOD model in close collaboration with EUROMOD national teams and ESTAT. They will contribute to the timely public release of the model and to the preparation of EUROMOD annual country reports. They will also contribute to animate the annual EUROMOD conferences and EUROMOD project meetings. The successful candidates will provide modelling support for the analysis of tax and social reforms in the EU, in particular in the context of the European Semester policy cycle. The candidates should have a solid background in one or several of the following fields: tax policy, social policy, inequalities and poverty analyses. The successful candidates will be expected to have experience in large micro-dataset analysis and statistics (in particular using the Stata software) and/ or in microsimulation modelling. Previous experience with the EUROMOD microsimulation model coding and data preparation would be an additional asset. Modelling and analytical tasks will involve collaboration with other European Commission services, in particular ESTAT and other relevant international organizations and research institutions, in particular the EUROMOD national country teams. A track-record of research and publications in the area of tax and social policy is also welcome.
Qualifications (for all vacancies): Candidates should ideally have a PhD (doctoral diploma) or a minimum of 5 years professional experience after university studies of at least 3 years (attested by a diploma). As English is the main working language, candidates should have a very good level and be able to speak, read and write in this language.
Place of Employment: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate B – Growth and Innovation, Fiscal Policy Analysis Unit, Seville, Spain.
Indicative duration: 36 months initial contract with possible renewals up to maximum 6 years
Rules and eligibility: Candidates must be on a valid EPSO reserve list for Function Group IV contract staff. If you are not on such a list, you can still apply by following these TWO steps. Application Deadline: 24/02/2021 23:59 Brussels time (for all vacancies)
Further Details:
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