Mrinmoyee Chatterjee

I am a research economist working on empirical questions in labor, development and public economics. My research examines women's employment, earnings and labor market outcomes, with a focus on occupational segregation, and the connections between women’s fertility and labor force participation decisions.

I’m currently the Senior Social Science Research & Data Analyst at the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) in Washington, D.C. At IWPR, I research issues preventing women’s full participation in the economy with an inter-disciplinary research team, to advocate for evidence-based policy that supports and uplifts all women and families, especially those with marginalized identities.

I graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland in 2023, where I studied labor and development economics. My past work has explored how the public war production effort during World War II dramatically increased employers’ demand for women in previously male-dominated occupations in manufacturing, the impacts of air conditioning on test scores in Chicago public schools, and the effects of state-level financial deregulation on women’s fertility through improvements in their economic and social outside options.

For more, please see the Research section of my website.

Outside of work, I have a passion for teaching and making mathematics accessible for students of all ages, and enjoy experimenting with crafting in different mediums.

I can be reached at mrinchatterjee [dot] mc [at] gmail [dot] com.