Natalia Danzer

Prof. Dr. Natalia Danzer has been a Professor of Economics specializing in Empirical Economic Research and Gender at the Free University of Berlin since 2018.

Previously, she conducted research at the ifo Institute in Munich, where she served as Deputy Director of the ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics and as head of a junior research group on “Economic Uncertainty and the Family” (funded by the Leibniz Association).

Following her studies in economics in Mannheim, Bayreuth, and Toronto, Natalia Danzer obtained her PhD in 2011 from Royal Holloway, University of London. Her scientific work has also included several consulting projects for the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

In her empirical research, Natalia Danzer focuses on policy-relevant questions and policy evaluations in the areas of labor and family economics, gender, (early) childhood development, and subjective well-being/life satisfaction.