Esther Duflo is a French economist and winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics along with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Cremer.
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Esther Duflo was born on Wednesday, 25 November 1972 (age 47 years; as in 2019) in Paris, France. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did his schooling from Lycée Henri-IV School in Paris, France. In 1994, he studied matriculation in history and economics from the École Normale Supérieure College. In 1995, he earned a master’s degree in economics from Delta College. In 1999, he received his PhD in Economics from MIT.
Esther Duflo during her young days
Esther’s field of study is social economics and development economics. When she was doing her PhD, her doctoral advisors were Abhijit Banerjee and Joshua Angrist, and her thesis was “Essays in Empirical Development Economics”. Abhijeet was a professor at MIT when she was doing her PhD.
Esther Duflo with Abhijit Banerjee at MIT
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Esther Duflo during a lecture
family and husband
Esther Duflo is a French American economist. His father Michel Duflo is a mathematician. His mother, Caroline Duflo, is a pediatrician. His younger sister, Annie Duflo, is an economist. In 2015, Esther married Indian American economist Abhijit Banerjee. They had a child in 2012.
Michel Duflo, father of Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo (center) with her mother Caroline Duflo (left)
Annie Duflo, sister of Esther Duflo
Esther Duflo with her husband Abhijit Banerjee
livelihood
In 1993, while Esther was pursuing her PhD, she spent ten months in Moscow, where she taught French and worked on a history thesis describing “how the Soviet Union constructed large construction sites such as the Stalingrad Tractor Factory. used for publicity, and how publicity requirements changed the actual size of projects. In 1999, after completing his PhD, he was appointed assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2001 , he was offered a permanent position at MIT. In 2002, he was promoted to associate professor.
Esther Duflo during a lecture
Esther is the founding editor of the American Economic Journal – “Applied Economics”. In 2011, he wrote the book “Poor Economics”, which received global praise. He worked with Abhijit Banerjee in the field of development economics and he worked on exploring causal relationships in economics using field experiments as a critical methodology. On October 14, 2019, Esther Duflo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics along with her husband Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Cramer (an American economist) for their work in reducing global poverty.
Esther Duflo is being awarded the Nobel Prize
books written
- Experience, science et l’art contre la pauverette (2009)
- Le Développement Humaine – Volume 1 & 2 (2010)
- Bad Economics: A Radical Rethinking on How to Fight Global Poverty (2011)
- Handbook of Field Experiments- Volume 1 & 2 (2017)
- Good Economics for Tough Times (2019)
- Good Economics for Tough Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems (2019)
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
- Best Young French Economist, Cercle des Economists, 2005
- Named among the “World’s Top 100 Intellectuals” by “Foreign Policy” magazine in May 2008
- Fellow of the “MacArthur Foundation” in 2009
- Fellow of the “American Academy of Arts and Sciences” in 2009
- Calvo-Armengol International Prize (announced 21 May 2009, received 4 June 2010)
- John Bates Clark Medal, 2010
- Named to Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, 2010
- Honorary Doctorate from “Université Catholique de Louvain” on 2 February 2010
- Named among the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” by “Foreign Policy” magazine in 2010
- Named among the “World’s Top 8 Young Economists” by “The Economist” magazine in 2010
- Named among the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by “Time Magazine” in 2011
- Named among the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” by “Foreign Policy” magazine in 2012
- Honored as “Officer of the French Order of Merit” in 2013
- John von Neumann Prize, Rajak Laszlo College for Advanced Study, 2013
- Infosys Prize in Social Sciences-Economics, 2014
- Princess of Asturias Social Sciences Award, 2015
- ASK Social Science Award, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, 2015
- Nobel Prize in Economics 2019
Facts/General Knowledge
- Esther was interested in history and wanted to pursue a career in politics or civil service when she was an undergraduate.
Esther Duflo in her youth
- In 2001, at the age of 29, when she was offered a permanent position at MIT, she became the youngest person to be offered a permanent position.
- In 2012, when Esther had a child with Abhijit Banerjee, he was still married to his first wife, Arundhati Tuli Banerjee.
Esther Duflo with Abhijit Banerjee
- She is the youngest woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Esther Duflo receiving the Nobel Prize
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