Dear all,

We are looking for an outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics, Demography, or Quantitative Social Sciences to join our project „Skill loss during parental leave and its role for gender disparities in earnings“ at the University of Vienna. This interdisciplinary project uses novel administrative data from Austria and Sweden, coupled with large international surveys, to investigate the impact of human capital depreciation during career breaks on gender wage differences. Join an international project team of economists, demographers, and psychologists from top institutions in Austria, Sweden, and France.

About us: Your future position is at the Department of Demography at the University of Vienna, which is part of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital – a leading global institution in human capital analysis and population research. You will join a dynamic research environment with over 60 scientists representing more than 20 countries and a diverse array of disciplines in the social sciences.

Starting date: July 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter
Duration: 2 years

Job announcement: https://demografie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/i_demografie/Projects_files/PostDoc_University_of_Vienna.pdf (and attached)

If you have any questions, please contact:

Sonja Spitzer

sonja.spitzer@univie.ac.at

Sonja Spitzer, Ph.D.

Department of Demography, University of Vienna
Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna)
Dominikanerbastei 16 – PSK, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Email: sonja.spitzer@univie.ac.at

Phone: +43 1 515 81 7753