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Podcast Coverage

Blog Coverage

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International Kids' Movies

Dormant Working Papers


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Laura Schechter
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Olav F. and Elsie de Noyer Anderson-Bascom Professor
Agricultural and Applied Economics
Economics
University of Wisconsin, Madison

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lschechter [at] wisc [dot] edu


Curriculum Vitae

Working Papers

Publications
Editorial Positions
  • Current
    • 2017 - 2026: Economic Journal - Associate Editor.
  • Previous
    • 2017 - 2022: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization - Co-Editor.
    • 2016 - 2019: American Journal of Agricultural Economics - Associate Editor.
    • 2011 - 2016: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization - Associate Editor.
    • 2011 - 2015: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy - Editorial Board.

Podcast Coverage
Blog Coverage
Write-ups in the (Not So) Popular Press
Work in Progress
  • "Using Market Mechanisms to Improve Sanitation: Lessons from the Implementation of an Auction Platform in Senegal," with J. Deutschmann, J. Gars, S. Griffith, J.-F. Houde, T. Johnson, M. Lipscomb, M. Mbeguere, S. Nehrling, and S.J. Zhu.

Teaching at UW Madison
  • AAE 374: The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy, Fall 2005, 2006.
  • AAE 462: Latin American Economic Development, Spring 2006, 2008, 2009, 2023.
  • AAE 474: Economic Problems of Developing Areas, Fall 2008, Spring 2013, 2016.
  • AAE 730: Graduate Economic Development, Fall 2006, Spring 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024.
  • AAE 780: Graduate Research Colloquium, Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024.
Teaching at Yale
  • Econ 479: Social Networks in Development Economics, Fall 2014.
Teaching at MSU
  • EC 412: Economic Analysis of Latin America, Fall 2010.
  • EC 850: Growth, Development, and Human Resources, Fall 2010.

International Movies for Kids
Dormant Working Papers