Postdoc in Macroeconomics: Firm Expectations & Uncertainty

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

Avantages offerts par ce poste

17% Superannuation

Annual leave loading

Flexible working options

Subsidised onsite parking

Training and professional development

Discounted health insurance

Résumé du poste

Macquarie University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Macroeconomics in the Department of Economics, Macquarie Business School. The role focuses on firm expectations and macroeconomic uncertainty, with protected research time and opportunities to shape your agenda.

You will design experiments, analyze micro-data, and publish in leading journals, coordinating with research staff and contributing to a broader research program at the university.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics or nearing completion in related field.
• Established publication record or clear potential in macroeconomics/monetary economics.
• Experience with micro-level survey or administrative data.
• Advanced programming/data analysis in Stata, R, Python or MATLAB.
• Capacity to manage a research program with minimal direction, while contributing to team projects.
• Effective written and verbal communication, including preparing research for publication and presenting to varied audiences.
• Desirable: experience with expectations data, survey design, or randomized/information-provision experiments.

Responsabilités

• Design, conduct and publish high-quality research on firm expectations 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 the design of survey instruments and information-provision experiments, including fielding and data analysis.
• Prepare papers for submission to leading international economics journals and present findings at seminars, workshops and conferences.
• Coordinate the work of research assistants where required.
• Develop your own research agenda alongside the funded stream and build networks across the Department and Business School.

Connaissances

Macro/money economics expertise

Empirical research ability

Programming in Stata/R/Python/MATLAB

Strong written and verbalcommunication

Project management

Experience with survey data or randomi

Formation

PhD in Economics or near completion

Description du poste

Macquarie University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Macroeconomics in the Department of Economics, Macquarie Business School. The role focuses on firm expectations and macroeconomic uncertainty, with protected research time and opportunities to shape your agenda.

You will design experiments, analyze micro-data, and publish in leading journals, coordinating with research staff and contributing to a broader research program at the university.