Macroeconomics Postdoc: Shape Policy via Firm Expectations

Macquarie University; Sydney; Sur place; AUD 104 000 - 136 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

17% Superannuation

Flexible, hybrid work arrangements

Onsite childcare facilities

Training and professional development

Employee Assistance Program

Onsite GP, imaging & physio clinics

Résumé du poste

Macquarie University’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to study firm expectations and macroeconomic uncertainty with protected research time. You will work with macroeconomists, design and field survey instruments, and contribute to publications in leading journals.

The role emphasizes independent research, collaboration within the department, and opportunities to shape your own research agenda with access to extensive data resources.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics or closely related field; strong macroeconomics/monetary economics background.
• Established publication record or strong potential in macroeconomics and/or monetary economics.
• Experience with micro-level survey or administrative data.
• Advanced programming and data analysis in Stata, R, Python or MATLAB.
• Ability to manage a research program with minimal direction and collaborate on team projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for academic publications and presentations.

Responsabilités

• Design, conduct and publish high-quality research on firm expectation formation and macroeconomic uncertainty.
• Examine transmission of monetary policy, cost shocks and uncertainty to firms’ pricing, wage-setting, hiring and investment decisions.
• Investigate inflation dynamics and firms’ cost pass-through behaviour.
• Contribute to survey instrument design and information-provision experiments.
• Prepare papers for submission to international economics journals and present findings at seminars and conferences.
• Coordinate work of research assistants and develop your own research agenda with protected time.

Connaissances

Macroeconomics

Monetary economics

Data analysis

Programming (Stata/R/Python)

Formation

PhD in Economics

Near completion PhD

Outils

Stata

R

Python

MATLAB

Description du poste

Macquarie University’s Department of Economics invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to study firm expectations and macroeconomic uncertainty with protected research time. You will work with macroeconomists, design and field survey instruments, and contribute to publications in leading journals.

The role emphasizes independent research, collaboration within the department, and opportunities to shape your own research agenda with access to extensive data resources.