Student Assistant in Macroeconomic Forecasting and Data Science — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- 19 days ago
Role overview
Student Assistant in Macroeconomic Forecasting and Data Science
20%-30%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
The KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich is the leading institute for applied research in economics in Switzerland.
- Student Assistant in Macroeconomic Forecasting and Data Science
- 20%-30%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
Company and context
- Collecting macroeconomic data from public statistical offices, central banks, international organizations, and data providers such as Macrobond
- Research on the availability of real-time data vintages, release calendars, publication lags, variable definitions, and data revisions
- Cleaning, harmonizing, transforming, and documenting macroeconomic time series across countries, sectors, regions, and frequencies
- Supporting the creation of a reproducible macroeconomic reanalysis dataset, including metadata, transformation codes, and versioning routines
- Building and maintaining data acquisition routines, including APIs, web scraping, and automated downloads where feasible
- Conducting descriptive analysis and consistency checks of macroeconomic indicators
- Supporting the preparation of datasets for forecasting models, including dynamic factor models, BVARs, and machine-learning-based approaches. Profile
- To be eligible, you must be enrolled at a Swiss university for the intended duration of your employment and willing to work between 1 to 2 days per week (15h).
- At KOF, working time is typically handled very flexibly such that you can take time to study for exams or fulfill other obligations for your studies while coordinating with the research staff at KOF when tasks need to be completed. Workplace We offer
- A job that makes a difference: Join ETH Zurich, which not only supports your professional development but also actively contributes to positive change in society.
Additional details
- 20%-30%, Zurich, fixed-term
- KOF has a strong collaborative environment that promotes exchange between research and administrative staff across different levels and functions and is committed to rigorous, applied research on policy-relevant topics with a connection to Switzerland. Project background
- The project aims to build a harmonized macroeconomic reanalysis dataset that combines international, national, and sub-national macroeconomic indicators, preserves real-time data vintages, documents publication lags and revisions, and creates a reproducible data backbone for modern forecasting methods.
- Supporting the preparation of datasets for forecasting models, including dynamic factor models, BVARs, and machine-learning-based approaches.
- At KOF, working time is typically handled very flexibly such that you can take time to study for exams or fulfill other obligations for your studies while coordinating with the research staff at KOF when tasks need to be completed.
- These benefits are designed to promote both personal and professional development whilst working at ETH Zurich.
- Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurich We value diversity and sustainability In line with our values , ETH Zur
Notes and original content
- KOF has a strong collaborative environment that promotes exchange between research and administrative staff across different levels and functions and is committed to rigorous, applied research on policy-relevant topics with a connection to Switzerland.
- Project background
- Job description
- Prior experience in handling and analysing data using statistical software packages such as R , Python , and/or Matlab is desired.
- A strong interest and drive in developing these skills is expected.
- Your tasks may include:
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- Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurich
- We value diversity and sustainability
- In line with our values , ETH Zur
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