Job posting: nonresponse researcher in SHARE

Apr 22 2010

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) at the *Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)*, University of Mannheim, is looking for a Researcher (TV-L E13) with a background in social sciences or economics (Masters degree or equivalent) and a strong interest in social research and survey methodology. She/he will conduct methodological analyses with the SHARE dataset (http://www.share-project.org). Good knowledge of quantitative methods for the analysis of complex data and of the respective statistical software packages (e.g. Stata) is required. We expect fluency in English and a good working knowledge of German. Experience in survey research would be an advantage. We support applicants wishing to undertake a PhD. The appointment is for an initial period of 2 years.

Job description:

- Work on the project "Respondent Incentives, Interviewer Training and Survey Participation"

(http://www.survey-methodology.de/de/proj) which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is carried out within SHARE Germany. The project entails experiments with unconditional respondent incentives and refusal avoidance training for interviewers. Job duties include

Detailed project planning and preparation
Fieldwork monitoring of the experiments
Cleaning and editing of contact data and other paradata
Scientific analyses of the experimental effects on nonresponse and nonresponse bias in SHARE
Writing of working papers and scientific publications

- Support with the calculation of design and calibration weights for SHARE.

Employment will be in accordance with German public sector regulations (TVL). We are an equal opportunities employer and thus support the equal treatment of men and women. Legal requirements for the employment of the disabled are adhered to, as are the regulations regarding part-time work.

The application deadline is 24th May 2010. Please send your application with the usual documents to the following address:

Dr. Annelies Blom

MEA - Universität Mannheim

L13, 17

68131 Mannheim

Email: blom@mea.uni-mannheim.de, mailto:hank@mea.uni-mannheim.de

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