Laura Schechter

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(608) 262-9482

6462 Sewell Social Sciences
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Interests: Development economics, political economy, behavioral economics, and experimental economics
Office Hours: By appointment.

I am an international development economist, and my research lies at the intersection of development economics and behavioral economics. Most of my work uses experiments to help understand behavior in the context of trust and trustworthiness, and risk and vulnerability. I am especially interested in social networks in developing countries, and technology adoption.

Links: Personal website; Curriculum Vitae; Google Scholar

Affiliations: Associate editor, Economic Journal; Affiliate, UW Center for Financial Security; Executive Committee Member, Center for Demography and Ecology; Affiliate, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD); Affiliate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Courses: AAE 462: Latin American Economic Development; AAE 474: Economic Problems of Developing Areas; AAE 730: Frontiers in Development Economics 1; AAE 780: Research Colloquium

Education: Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
B.A., Development Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1996