Julia's research interest is in Applied Microeconometrics, with an emphasis on Labor Economics, Economics of Migration, Health Economics, Gender Economics, and Social Policy.

Julia obtained her PhD from the Free University of Berlin and the DIW Graduate Center in 2019. During her doctoral studies, she worked at the University of Mannheim, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and the DIW Berlin. She subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the Berlin School of Economics.

Julia joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in July 2017.