PhD Economics (ISER)
University of Essex
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University of Essex

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University of Essex

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University of Essex

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For our PhD Economics within ISER, we offer supervision in applied microeconomics and microeconometrics, which should interest you if you plan to use socio-economic survey data in your research. We offer supervision in: economics of the family education migration labour markets retirement and pension health economics inequality, poverty and income distribution public policy and ethnicity. As we have extensive experience in the analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys, we also ...Read more

For our PhD Economics within ISER, we offer supervision in applied microeconomics and microeconometrics, which should interest you if you plan to use socio-economic survey data in your research. We offer supervision in: economics of the family education migration labour markets retirement and pension health economics inequality, poverty and income distribution public policy and ethnicity. As we have extensive experience in the analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys, we also welcome those interested in researching panel data and survival analysis, missing data, measurement error, endogeneity, and other estimation issues. You will be supervised by some of the world’s leading experts in their field.

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73/279
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Daniel
04 Nov 25

I like essex U because its compact, so everythung is very accessible, like classes, store and all other facilities, the only issue i'd ever really had is reciving mail, it got..Read more

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Entry requirements

You will need a good Masters degree, or equivalent, in a related subject. You are also required to submit a well developed research proposal

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£5,006 per year

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£19,650 per year

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£19,650 per year

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Living and accommodation costs (per year, approximately)- 11,256 – 19,197

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University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park Colchester Essex CO4 3SQ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Hythe   0.6 miles away

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