Izabela Wnuk-Soares

Izabela Wnuk-Soares is a Postdoctoral Researcher at DIW Berlin, jointly appointed with the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin. She earned her PhD in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin and her MSc from the London School of Economics. She has also completed research stays at Boston University and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Her research lies in labor and applied microeconomics. She studies how immigration shapes labor market and health outcomes for both native and immigrant workers, with a particular focus on firm-level dynamics. She also examines how immigration helps address labor shortages driven by population aging, especially in the long-term care sector.