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Simone Schaner

Associate Professor of Economics
Email schaner@usc.edu Office VPD 505-D

Bio

Simone Schaner is an Associate Professor (Research) of Economics at the University of Southern California. She studies how the social and economic environment shapes individual and household choices, elucidating how beliefs and power affect the decision-making process.  Her work explores economic mechanisms that contribute to inefficiency and misallocation in low-income settings, with a focus on labor, financial, and healthcare markets. 

Dr. Schaner is the Scientific Director for Gender at Inclusion Economics

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology