

Anja Sautmann
Research Economist, World Bank
Anja Sautmann is a Research Economist in the World Bank's Development Research Group (Human Development Team). She is interested in how households and individuals make decisions, from healthcare for children to daily consumption to marriage, and how incentives and individual behavior shape optimal policy design. Before joining the World Bank, Anja was an Assistant Professor at Brown University (2010-2017) and the Director of Research, Education, and Training at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT (2017-2020). She received her Ph.D. in Economics from New York University and her undergraduate degree in Economics from Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich, Germany. She is an affiliate of the CESifo research network.
Recent work by Anja Sautmann
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Adaptive experiments for policy research
Adaptive sampling has the potential to ensure that experiments better meet the learning goals of policymakers and are more beneficial to participants at the same time
Published 15.01.21
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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
Published 15.07.19