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Heather Schofield, PhD

Assistant Professor in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University

CHIBE-affiliated faculty member

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heather.schofield@gmail.com

Research Areas

Global Health

Biography

Dr. Schofield is an economist studying development, health, and behavioral economics. Two primary ongoing areas of research include the role of health human capital (nutrition, pain management, adequate sleep) in economic productivity, cognitive function, and decision-making and the role of financial and social incentives in promoting healthy behaviors. Please see Dr. Schofield’s personal webpage for links to recent working papers and publications.

Latest Publications

Poverty-related bandwidth constraints reduce the value of consumption

PNAS

August 31, 2021
The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

April 8, 2021
Poverty and Cognitive Function

The Economics of Asset Accumulation and Poverty Traps

May 23, 2017
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Employer Matching of Employees' Monetary Contributions to Deposit Contracts to Promote Weight Loss

American Journal of Health Promotion

July 1, 2016
The Psychological Lives of the Poor

American Economic Review

May 2, 2016
Comparing the Effectiveness of Individualistic, Altruistic, and Competitive Incentives in Motivating Completion of Mental Exercises

Journal of Health Economics

October 9, 2015

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Team to Study Income Volatility and Uncertainty on Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Report Card: Christina Brown and Heather Schofield on Cognitive Endurance

Medical Xpress: The Link Between Global Health Policy and Sleep

MIT: Research Proves It: Naps Save You Money

The New Indian Express: Are the Urban Poor Sleep Deprived?

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