Nova SBE/BI/2022/09 - Research Fellowship - Project “Structural Transformation, Inequality and the...

OPEN CALL FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Nova SBE/BI/2022/09

A call for applications for a Research Fellowship is open at Nova School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) under the Project “Structural Transformation, Inequality and the Macroeconomy”, PTDC/EGE-ECO/7620/2020 funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I. P. (FCT), with the following conditions:

MAIN FIELD:……….………………………………………………………………...……………….

Economic

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: ………………………………………………………………………..

BSc in Economics, with demonstrated interest in research and quantitative skills for data treatment and inference. MSc students would be an added-value.

WORK PLAN: ………………………………………………………………….………………………..

STIMM - Structural Transformation, Inequality and Migration in the Macroeconomy - studies the causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality and their implications for the optimal design of economic policies (in particular, fiscal policy and immigration policy). Recent results from (P14) showing that wealth inequality is historically high and will likely continue to increase in the future, started a debate on policies to tackle it. At the same time, modern macroeconomics has evolved from looking at the dynamics of macroeconomic aggregates to entire distributions of the said aggregates, along dimensions that reflect heterogeneity across gender, education, age, and more. This context lays the framework to develop relevant research that falls within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in terms of focusing on reducing inequalities (Goal 10), ending poverty (Goal 1), promoting gender equality (Goal 5) and sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth (Goal8).

In our project, there are two focal avenues of research: 1) understanding mechanisms that generate income and wealth inequality; and 2) given the existing inequality and its driving forces, studying how they condition the design and impact of economic policies, with an emphasis on fiscal policy, immigration policy and optimal tax structures.

Our project is quantitative and, as such, relies on a set of methods that reflect the applied nature of the research topics. We make extensive use of empirical methods, including standard identification strategies used in the applied microeconometrics literature, and combine these insights to discipline our macroeconomic modeling, which relies mostly on full versions of the incomplete markets model that has become the standard when studying environments that focus on the relevance of micro-heterogeneity for aggregate dynamics.

The tasks of the candidate will focus on providing help with the communication and dissemination plans for the research outputs and consequently require both advanced knowledge of economics and proven expertise in media and communication.

APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS:…………………………………………………………..

Research Fellowship Holder Statute (“Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica”), approved by Law n.º 40/2004, of 18th August, subsequently amended and republished by Decree-Law n.º 202/2012, of 27th August, updated in accordance with Decree-Law n.º 233/2012, of 29th October, Law n.º 12/2013, of 29th January, and with Decree-Law n.º 89/2013, of 9th July, updated in accordance with Decree-Law n.º 123/2019, of 28th August. Fellowship Regulations of Nova SBE, approved by FCT, I.P. by Dispatch of 16th April 2014 and Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of the FCT, I.P. Fellowship Regulations of Nova SBE, approved by FCT, I.P. by Dispatch of 16th April 2014 and Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of the FCT, I.P., approved by Regulation 950/2019, of 16th December.

WORKING PLACE:……………………………………………………………………………………...

The research will be conducted at NOVA SBE under the scientific supervision of Professor Pedro Brinca.

DURATION OF THE FELLOWSHIP:…………………………………………………………………...

The fellowship will have a duration of 12 months, with possibility of renewal for the length of the project, subject to an annual review. The fellowship will be awarded on an exclusive basis, as stated in Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of FCT, I.P.

MONTHLY ALLOWANCE:………………………………………………………………………………

The fellowship amounts to €875,98, according to the table of monthly stipends available in the Regulations for Studentships and Fellowships of FCT, I.P. (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ).

SELECTION CRITERIA:…….…………………………………………………………………………

The selection will be carried upon the evaluation of academic merit (40%), research experience (40%), and motivation letter (20%).

SELECTION COMMITTEE: ……………………………………………………………………………..

Miguel Ferreira – Chairman (Full Professor)

João Duarte – Effective member (Junior Researcher)

Pedro Brinca – Effective member (Assistant Researcher)

Paulo Rodrigues – Substitute member (Adjunct Full Professor)

Luis Catela Nunes – Substitute member (Full Professor)

FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS:………………………………………………………………

All candidates will be notified by email.

APPLICATION PERIOD:….……………………………………………………………………….……

The call is open from 27 of June to 8 of July 2022

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:…………………………………………………………………………..

Applications must be submitted by email to [email protected] , under the subject Nova SBE/BI/2022/09, and must include the following documents (mandatory):

In accordance with the article 12 of Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação Científica of Nova SBE, the candidate can appeal from the decision with the Scientific Council of Nova SBE, Faculdade de Economia da UNL, within 10 working days.

ATTACHMENTS

DRAFT FELLOWSHIP CONTRACT

SCHOLARSHIP CONTRACT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

Between,

FIRST: NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, Organizational Unit of the NOVA University of Lisbon, a Public Institution governed by Private Law, legal person no. 501559094, with Social Security Identification number 20007576569, with head office at Rua da Holanda n. º 1, 2775-405 Carcavelos, represented by Professor Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça, acting as Dean of this Organizational Unit, with powers for this act, hereinafter referred to as “First Party”,

and,

SECOND: (NAME), bearer of citizen card no. (CC no.) and taxpayer no. (NIF), residing at (ADDRESS), hereinafter referred to as "Second Party".

whereas,

This scholarship contract is entered into in good faith, and reciprocally accepted, under the Research Grant Holder Statute, ("Contract"), approved by Law 40/2004, of August 18, 2004 ("Statute"), which is governed by the following clauses:

CLAUSE ONE

1. The First Party undertakes to grant the Second Party a Research Scholarship (TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND REFERENCE OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS), under the scope of the project ________(TYPOLOGY OF THE PROJECT)/R&D unit with the reference (REFERENCE) and with the (PROJECT TITLE), beginning on (START DATE), for the period of (DURATION).

2. The Second Party undertakes to carry out the attached work plan, the contents of which it declares to have full knowledge of and to accept unreservedly, as of the aforementioned starting date and on a scheme of exclusivity, pursuant to article 5 of the Statute.

CLAUSE TWO

The Research Scholarship Regulations of the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia I.P. (FCT) [Foundation for Science and Technology] are subsidiarily applicable to the Contract, of which the Second Party declares to be aware.

CLAUSE THREE

The Second Party shall carry out the work at (HOST INSTITUTION), which acts as a host institution, with Faculty (NAME OF GUIDE) as scientific advisor.

CLAUSE FOUR

CLAUSE FIVE

The First Party may cancel the scholarship and the Second Party may be required to refund all or part of the amounts it has received in the following cases:

CLAUSE SIX

Without prejudice to the provisions of the previous clause, the Contract automatically terminates:

CLAUSE SEVEN

1. The rights and duties of the Parties are those arising from the provisions of the Statute.

2. The Scholarship Holder declares to have taken note of the Statute and the applicable Regulation(s) and undertakes to comply with their provisions.

CLAUSE EIGHT

1. The Second Party undertakes, during the term of this Contract and after its termination, to maintain strict confidentiality, and to not offer, reveal, disclose, use or discuss, directly or through an intermediary, any files, folders, archives, documents, data, matters and information, and/or items that have been entrusted to him/her, or that he/she has gained knowledge of during the performance of his/her activities, namely those that pertain to the organization, work methods and processes of the First Party or its partners, students and users, or concerning the organization, activity or business, prices, identity or transactions of any customers and suppliers, services provided and any other commercial and/or technical or financial data; and he/she is not allowed to make copies, disclose or communicate them to third parties.

2. The duty of confidentiality covers the reproduction of information on any type of digital media, or others, with the exception of that which is strictly necessary for the performance of the functions under the Contract.

3. In the event of termination of the Contract for any reason, the Second Party must immediately return to the First Party all original copies of folders, correspondence, files, memos and other documents and information in his/her possession.

CLAUSE NINE

In order to facilitate the performance of activities related to the administration and management by the First Party, the Second Party expressly authorizes the First Party to use the following personal data obtained under the contractual relationship for processing and handling:

a) Identification data: name, date of birth, birthplace, parents, gender, nationality, address and telephone number, academic qualifications, ID, taxpayer no, and SS no;

b) Family status: marital status, name of spouse, children or dependents, and other information that may influence the awarding of salary supplements;

c) Regarding professional activity: working hours and place of work, internal identification number, admission date, seniority, professional category, seniority in the category, level/salary scale, nature of the Contract;

d) Salary elements: base salary, other fixed or variable payments, allowances, vacations, attendance and absenteeism, leaves, other elements related to the attribution of salary supplements;

e) Other data: degree of disability of the person concerned or of a family member, temporary incapacity resulting from an accident at work or occupational disease, place of payment, bank account number, and identification of the institution.

2. By this Contract, the Second Party expressly authorizes the First Party to communicate and/or transfer its personal data to the entities referred to in the following paragraph, for the following purposes:

a) Calculation and payment of salaries, additional benefits, other allowances and gratuities;

b) Calculation, withholding at source and operations related to discounts on compensation;

c) Conducting non-nominative statistical operations related to the processing of salaries within the processing entity.

3. The entities referred to in the previous paragraph are the following:

i. IGFSS – Instituto de Gestão Financeira da Segurança Social e Direção Geral dos Impostos;

ii. Banking and Insurance Institutions;

iii. INE – Instituto Nacional de Estatística;

iv. Any entity that has been assigned salary processing duties and/or other duties related to personnel management, as well as other entities that have not been mentioned but have the legal right to process the data in question.

4. The Second Party expressly states that prior to signing the Contract it has been informed by the First Party of its right to object to the collection and processing of data, as well as the ways of correcting, verifying and/or deleting them that are available to it.

CLAUSE TEN

Any alteration to be made to the Contract during its execution shall be subject to prior agreement between the Parties, in written form.

CLAUSE ELEVEN

CLAUSE TWELVE

It is agreed between the Parties that, should the need arise, and to settle all questions arising from the present contract, the Cascais District Court shall have jurisdiction, with the express renunciation of any other.

Carcavelos, (DATE)

THE FIRST PARTY

THE SECOND PARTY

- FACULTY DR. DANIEL ABEL MONTEIRO PALHARES TRAÇA -

- (NAME) -

DRAFT FINAL REPORT – FELLOWSHIP

No âmbito da bolsa de investigação (TIPO DE BOLSA) do projeto (NOME PROJETO) desenvolvida por mim, venho, de acordo com o artigo 23.º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação Científica da NOVA SBE, Faculdade de Economia da UNL, apresentar o Relatório Final do Bolseiro.

1 – Breve resumo do plano de trabalhos (brief description of the work done)

2 – Resultados alcançados (brief description of the results achieved)

3 – Análise crítica do trabalho desenvolvido (critical comments on the project’s outcome)

NOVA SBE, Faculdade de Economia da UNL, (DATA)

O Bolseiro

- NOME -

DRAFT FINAL REPORT - SUPERVISOR

No âmbito da bolsa de (TIPO DE BOLSA) do projeto (NOME PROJETO) desenvolvida pelo bolseiro (NOME BOLSEIRO), venho, de acordo com o artigo 23.º do Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação Científica da NOVA SBE, Faculdade de Economia da UNL, apresentar o Relatório Final e o Parecer Científico.

1 – Breve resumo do plano de trabalhos (brief description of the work done)

2 – Resultados alcançados (brief description of the results achieved)

3 – Análise crítica do trabalho desenvolvido (critical comments on the project’s outcome)

NOVA SBE, Faculdade de Economia da UNL, (DATA)

O Orientador

- NOME -