Dr. Laura Pagenhardt

Laura joined the DIW Berlin in 2018. She completed her PhD within the DIW Graduate Center and at Freie Universität Berlin and works as a Research Associate in the Macroeconomics department. Already during her doctoral studies, she contributed to the DIW's economic forecasts, where she is responsible for analyzing and forecasting investment activity in Germany. Her research interests include monetary and fiscal policy, macroeconomic forecasting, and applied econometrics. In her dissertation, she examined, among other things, how central bank communication affects consumers’ inflation expectations. She also develops and maintains the DIW Berlin Inequality Nowcast. Laura holds Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology (Heidelberg University) and Economics (Freie Universität Berlin), as well as a Master’s degree in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Edinburgh. Before and during her PhD, she gained experience at the European Central Bank, the Deutsche Bundesbank, and Norges Bank.