Natalie Irmert completed her Ph.D. in Economics at Lund University in 2026. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting researcher at the MIT Department of Economics. Her research focuses on labor economics and the economics of education. She currently works on questions related to gender differences in occupational choice, with a particular focus on why so few men enter female-dominated occupations and how artificial intelligence affects students’ educational and occupational choices.
Some questions that Natalie Irmert tries to answer in her research:
- How do social norms affect individuals’ economic decision making?
- Why are so few men entering pink-collar occupations?
- What drives emerging labor market trends, such as remote work, and what are their consequences?
- How can we design more equitable education systems?
- What are the effects of the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on student’s education and occupational choice?
