Michèle Tertilt (born 1972 in Münster) is a German professor of economics at the University of Mannheim.

[2][3] In 2017 she received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award – a biennial award by the European Economic Association and the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation to a European economist no older than 45 years, who has made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to economics in Europe.

[7] Tertilt's research concentrates on macroeconomics with a special focus on development and intra-family interactions.

Her work has uncovered the salient implications of gender roles for macroeconomics, development, and fertility.

[13] This chapter sheds light on "the importance of gender inequality and family dynamics for macro and points to many fruitful avenues for future research", she said in an interview with the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO).