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Internship in the analysis of financial stability risks stemming from residential real estate and households
- Job-ID: J000000339
- Location: Frankfurt am Main
- Employment rate: Full-time/ part-time possible
- Employment duration: Temporary
- Application deadline: 13.11.2026
Work of special value: your commitment with usWork of special value: your commitment with us
Topic Area 1:
You will work with various datasets related to banks, real estate prices, or the labor market and support our team in analyzing financial stability risks in the residential real estate and household sectors. You will use these datasets, for example, in models or apply advanced econometric methods to investigate relevant questions for financial stability policy.
Topic Area 2:
You will work with household survey data (e.g., PHF, HFCS, and SOEP) and prepare it to analyze financial stability risks in the household sector. In doing so, you will apply modern econometric methods to complex data structures. For example, you will estimate life-cycle profiles for households, stochastic processes to approximate income risks, or examine how households are affected by macroprudential policy measures.
Topic Area 3:
You will support us in developing macroeconomic models (e.g., DSGE, life-cycle, or OLG models) and conduct simulations to analyze financial stability risks. For instance, the effects of demographic change or the impacts of macroprudential policy measures.
Special values: your qualificationsSpecial values: your qualifications
- Master's or PhD students in economics in the fields of macroeconomics or finance, or in (applied) mathematics
- Current grade point average: 2.5 or better on the German grading scale
- Good written and spoken German or English
The following are highly desirable:
- Interest in quantitative and empirical methods
- Knowledge of Stata, R, or Python (for Topic Areas 1 and 2) or C, Fortran, Matlab (for Topic Area 3)
Our benefits
Interested in enriching our team?
Then we are already very excited about your application, If you have any questions in advance, please turn to the relevant contact person.
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Diversity and equal opportunities are important to us. Where candidates are equally qualified for the position, preference will be given to disabled applicants. The Deutsche Bundesbank is also promoting equal opportunities for women and men, especially when filling management positions. We therefore particularly welcome applications from women.