Simone Schaner

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern California

Simone Schaner is a development economist whose research focuses on household decision-making, financial access and innovation for the unbanked, health-seeking behavior, and gender. Dr. Schaner is an affiliate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. She is an Assistant Professor (Research) of Economics at USC and has a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT.

Recent work by Simone Schaner

Empowering women through direct digital wage payments

Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms

Articles : Labour Markets & Migration

Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Simone Schaner Charity Troyer Moore

Published 04.11.19
Does patient demand contribute to overuse of prescription drugs? Evidence from Mali

Evidence from Mali shows that patient demand is an important contributor to the overuse of antimalarials

Articles : Health & Education

Carolina Lopez Anja Sautmann Simone Schaner

Published 15.07.19

Simone Schaner

Recent work by Simone Schaner

Empowering women through direct digital wage payments

Does patient demand contribute to overuse of prescription drugs? Evidence from Mali