Diana Fletschner

Ph.D. 2002, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Development economics, intrahousehold decision-making, economics of gender, group effects, rural microfinance, and food security in developing countries.

Department: Public Affairs
Position: Assistant Professor
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Phone: (206) 616-1297
Box: 353055
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Research Summary:

Diana’s research focuses on household decision making in developing countries. Some of her work uses an intrahousehold bargaining framework related to the models explored by Shelly Lundberg and others. She has collected both qualitative and quantitative data from Paraguay (her native country) to test her models. A new project is applying the household bargaining framework to investigate household decisions about savings and debt among low income families in King County. Diana is also conducting methodological research on the differences in information obtained from social surveys that interview only the head of household compared to those that interview both spouses independently.

Fletschner, D., (2009), Rural Women's Access to Credit: Market Imperfections and Intrahousehold Dynamics, World Development, 37: 3, 618(14).

Fletschner, D., (2008), Constructing and Reconstructing Gender: Reference Group Effects and Women's Demand for Entrepreneurial Capital, Journal of Socio-Economics, 37: 2, 672.

Fletschner, D., (2008), Women's access to credit: does it matter for household efficiency?, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 90: 3, 669-684.

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• Mapping and Empowering Public Health Networks in Sub-Sahara Africa and South Asia

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