FBK-IRVAPP is looking for a quantitative researcher
The Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies of the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK-IRVAPP) is looking for a candidate that fits one of the following profiles:
Profile 1 – Quantitative Researcher in education policy
The research fellow will contribute to and expand the institute’s research and evaluation related to education policy. The researcher will work on education-related projects aimed at building evidence on effective interventions and outcomes on the topics of a) education technology investments and use in school settings; or b) interventions to promote equal educational opportunities and inclusion. The researcher may contribute to other projects in education or training, based on their specific expertise and interests, as well as proposals and projects related to education. Projects may include running randomized controlled trials, performing mixed-methods evaluations, or setting up monitoring systems.
The research fellow is expected to have substantive knowledge on education and, particularly, on issues related to either a) education technology investments and use in school settings or b) educational inequality and financial aid policy. Advanced quantitative skills and proficiency in counterfactual methods for policy evaluation are valued.
Profile 2 – Quantitative Researcher in fiscal policy
The research fellow will contribute to and expand the institute’s research on ex-ante distributional assessments of fiscal policies. The candidate will help develop and maintain a local tax-benefit microsimulation model for households and firms. This task will be complemented by scientific research on the impacts of tax and benefit policies including budgetary impact, distributional effects and work incentives.
Additionally, the candidate will participate in projects evaluating specific industrial and innovation policy interventions at local, national, and international levels.
The candidate may also contribute to other projects on public finance flows at both national and local levels and standard expenditure needs of the local authorities.
The successful candidate will have research interest and knowledge in taxation-related topics, welfare policy, innovation policy evaluation, labor economics. Experience and proficiency in counterfactual methods for policy evaluation and microsimulation modeling are valued.