Esther Duflo

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Esther Duflo is a French-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for her pioneering use of randomized controlled trials to study and combat global poverty.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
development economist
economist
human
university professor
academicDegree PhD in economics
alsoKnownAs J-PAL co-founder
awardReceived A.SK Social Science Award
Infosys Prize in Social Sciences
John Bates Clark Medal
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
surface form: Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
coAuthorOf Poor Economics
coFounded Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1972-10-25
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paris School of Economics
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
familyName Duflo
fieldOfWork applied econometrics
development economics
microeconomics
poverty alleviation
public policy evaluation
gender female
givenName Esther
knownFor experimental approach to development economics
research on global poverty
use of randomized controlled trials in economics
languageSpoken English
French
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States
name Esther Duflo self-link
NobelPrizeCategory Economic Sciences
NobelPrizeMotivation for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
NobelPrizeSharedWith Abhijit Banerjee
Michael Kremer
NobelPrizeYear 2019
notableConcept field experiments in development economics
notableWork Poor Economics
placeOfBirth Paris
positionHeld Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics
Professor of Economics at MIT
researchMethod randomized controlled trials
residence United States of America
spouse Abhijit Banerjee
workInstitution MIT Department of Economics
surface form: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics

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Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee coAuthor Esther Duflo
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Esther Duflo (honorary doctorate, not student) name Esther Duflo
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