Laura Schechter

Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Laura Schechter is a professor in the Agricultural and Applied Economics and Economics departments at UW Madison. She holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC-Berkeley. She is a development economist with interest in behavioral economics, experimental economics, and political economy.

Recent work by Laura Schechter

Using mobile money to improve access to sanitation services in Dakar

Subsidies see a greater take up of mechanised latrine desludging than mental accounting nudges for better public health

Articles : Health & Education

Molly Lipscomb Laura Schechter

Published 12.11.18
Decentralisation under changing state capacity: Experimental evidence from Paraguay

Decentralising the monitoring of public sector workers is cost-effective, but as central state capacity increases this advantage disappears

Articles : Public Economics

Ernesto Dal Bó Frederico Finan Nicholas Li Laura Schechter

Published 08.10.18

Laura Schechter

Recent work by Laura Schechter

Using mobile money to improve access to sanitation services in Dakar

Decentralisation under changing state capacity: Experimental evidence from Paraguay