Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo, FBA (; born 25 October 1972) is a French-American economist currently serving as the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2019, she was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty".In addition to her academic appointment, Duflo is the co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), an MIT-based research center promoting the use of randomized controlled trials in policy evaluation. As of 2020, more than 400 million people had been impacted by programs tested by J-PAL affiliated researchers. Since 2024, Duflo has also served as the president of the Paris School of Economics alongside her appointment at MIT.
Duflo is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a board member of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and the director of the development economics program of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Her research focuses on the microeconomics of development and spans topics such as household behavior, education, financial inclusion, political economy, gender, and health. Prior to receiving the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Duflo was awarded the Elaine Bennett Research Prize (2002) and John Bates Clark Medal (2010) by the American Economic Association.
Together with Abhijit Banerjee, Duflo is the co-author of ''Poor Economics'' and ''Good Economics for Hard Times'', published in April 2011 and November 2019, respectively. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Duflo is the seventh most frequently cited author on college syllabi for economics courses. Provided by Wikipedia
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics by Duflo, Esther
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Grandmothers and grandaughters : the effects of old age pension on child health in South Africa by Duflo, Esther
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The medium run effects of education expansion : evidence from a large school construction program in Indonesia by Duflo, Esther
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Women Empowerment and Economic Development by Duflo, Esther
Published 2013
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Essays in empirical development economics by Duflo, Esther, 1972-
Published 2005
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Giving Credit Where It Is Due by Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther
Published 2011
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Participation and investment decisions in a retirement plan : the influence of colleagues' choices by Duflo, Esther, Saez, Emmanuel
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Women as policy makers : evidence from an India-wide randomized policy experiment by Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, Duflo, Esther
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14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Fall 2009 by Donaldson, Dave, Duflo, Esther
Published 2009
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(Dis)Organization and Success in an Economics MOOC by Duflo, Esther, Banerjee, Abhijit
Published 2015
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Do firms want to borrow more? : testing credit constraints using a directed lending program by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther
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Do firms want to borrow more? : testing credit constraints using a directed lending program by Banerjee, Abhijit V., Duflo, Esther
Published 2011
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