Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof. Jan De Loecker/ Market Power)

University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Attendance

On-Site

Posted on:

Start Date:

Funding Duration:

12 Months

Application Deadline:

Expired

Type

Undergraduate scholarships

Reference Number

BAP-2022-171

Funding Amount

2195 EUR

You will receive a stipend of €2,195 per month (net of taxes) with full health insurance.

Eligibility Description

Applicants should be completing (or have completed) a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, have strong quantitative skills, and experience with empirical research methods. Candidates with research experience are strongly preferred, especially those with programming experience in Stata, R, and/or Python. Candidates need not be Economics majors, though they should have a strong interest in and some experience with Economics. Successful candidates have come from a variety of backgrounds (including from undergraduate and graduate programs, industry jobs, and other research assistant positions), and have a range of skill levels and experience with coding.

Applicants should provide a CV, cover letter, transcript, reference contact information, and writing sample/ [personal statement.

Deadline for full consideration is April 15, 2022.

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Name

Jan De Loecker

The pre-doctoral fellow will work directly with Professor De Loecker on his ERC Market Power Project. The support consists of cleaning data, programming statistical models of firm behavior, and joining regular team meetings, and proof reading. The work will consist of using STATA, and other statistical software (Pyhton, etc.) to support the research projects of Professor De Loecker.

Posted on:

Start Date:

Funding Duration:

12 Months

Application Deadline:

Expired

Type

Undergraduate scholarships

Reference Number

BAP-2022-171

Funding Amount

2195 EUR

You will receive a stipend of €2,195 per month (net of taxes) with full health insurance.

Eligibility Description

Applicants should be completing (or have completed) a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, have strong quantitative skills, and experience with empirical research methods. Candidates with research experience are strongly preferred, especially those with programming experience in Stata, R, and/or Python. Candidates need not be Economics majors, though they should have a strong interest in and some experience with Economics. Successful candidates have come from a variety of backgrounds (including from undergraduate and graduate programs, industry jobs, and other research assistant positions), and have a range of skill levels and experience with coding.

Applicants should provide a CV, cover letter, transcript, reference contact information, and writing sample/ [personal statement.

Deadline for full consideration is April 15, 2022.

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Name

Jan De Loecker

Naamsestraat 69

3000 Belgium