Natalia Lavrova works for the Department of Macroeconomic Forecasting, Ministry of Economic Development, in the fields of labor market development, unemployment, and macroeconomic forecasting.  Currently, she is a fellow of the Scientific School of Economics at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Moscow, Russia) and is studying EU Economics at the MGIMO University (Moscow, Russia). Ms. Lavrova holds a degree in Institutional Economics, Micro and Macroeconomics, and Econometrics from Saratov State Socio-Economic University. She also studied Macroeconomic Management, Fiscal Policy, and Labor Market Development at the Joint Vienna Institute in Vienna, Austria.

Ms. Lavrova was awarded research grants from the Institute of social projection, fund “Perspektiva” and the IMF.  In 2012, she took part in the IMF Institute program (Macroeconomic Diagnostics) in Washington, DC. Natalia has publications in the fields of knowledge and innovation economy and the economics of happiness. Ms. Lavrova has participated in various Russian and International conferences, arranged by the IMF, the European Commission and OECD.

While in the United States, Ms. Lavrova will research sources of growth, innovations, and potential output in the Euro Area, Russia, and the United States with Dr. Daniel Hamilton, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor and Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations.