Post-doctoral researcher on Labor Economics, focusing on Latin American countries (especially Brazil)

Researchers based in Europe are welcome to apply for a Global fellowship to carry out research of up to 2 years in our institution under the H2020 Program MSCA Global Fellowships:

The post-doc is expected:

• To conduct her or his research alongside a team of researchers (faculty and students); adopting a conceptual or empirical approach;
• To attend weekly meetings with the research group;
• To give one research seminar per semester at the PPGE;
• To teach a 30-hour course per semester, in English, at the PPGE;
• Whenever possible, to engage in local context issues related to the research so as to promote local development;
• To focus on one of the following areas, or correlated area:

1. Labor regulations and the impact in labor conditions;
2. Labor market policies: active and passive (examples and country comparative studies) ;
3. Wage differentials by gender, by race and labor insertion (informal /formal labor contracts);
4. Labor Participation for specific groups, like women and teenagers;
5. Labor inequality (income and labor market insertion);
6. Human capital and labor income.

For more informations contact Prof. Danielle Carusi Machado, dcarusi@id.uff.br.