진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Prof. Lidia Farré is looking to hire a research assistant to work with her at the Barcelona School of Economics on a project studying the impact of parental time on child development.

Given the lack of an adequate and recent time-use survey in Spain, this project proposes to implement a new survey targeting parents of children born between 2014 and 2024. The goal is to gather rich information on how parents allocate their time while on leave, 2 as well as key economic decisions regarding labor market participation, childcare, and household investments. 

The candidate will be supervised by Prof. Farré The successful applicant should have:

• • Strong proficiency in Stata and R
• • Solid background in econometrics and applied microeconomics
• • Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools is a plus
• • Ability to work independently and manage research tasks efficiently

The applicant will join a vibrant Economics community in Barcelona and have opportunities to get involved with the academic life at the Barcelona School of Economics. This is a 3-month position starting on September 2026 (full-time in September, part-time from October on). The annual gross salary is 22.020€. (reference for full-time RA)

The project is one of the BSE Seed Grants 2026, one of the initiatives of the Severo Ochoa accreditation, supported by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) through the Severo Ochoa Program: Grant «Excelencia Severo Ochoa» CEX2024-001476-S funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/.

About BSE hiring policies: Barcelona School of Economics has endorsed the 40 principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and committed to the implementation of the HRS4R for the research jobs at BSE.