Anne Karing

Anne Karing is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago (since 2021), affiliated with the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. Her work bridges development economics and healthcare systems, emphasizing behavioral mechanisms in health-seeking behaviors.

Her research focuses on social signaling dynamics in health decisions, particularly immunization uptake in low-income settings, using field experiments in Sierra Leone and Kenya. She investigates how incentives, trust in government, and information dissemination affect health behaviors during pandemics (e.g., COVID-19) and routine care.

Her experimental work explores topics like motivational crowding-out in vaccination programs, optimal policy design considering social image concerns, and the role of trust in healthcare supply chains. She applies behavioral economics frameworks to understand informal medicine markets and public health interventions' effectiveness in development contexts.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with global health research networks conducting field experiments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Engages in interdisciplinary projects combining economic theory with epidemiological data analysis.