Esther Duflo Bio | Wiki
Esther Duflo is a famous French–American economist. She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Duflo is co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) founded in 2003. She is also a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) research associate. In addition, she won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer.
Esther Duflo Age
She was born in Paris, France on October 25, 1972. Duflo is 51 years old and she celebrates her birthday every year on October 25.
Esther Duflo Height
She is a woman of average stature. Duflo stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in ( approx. 1.68m ).
Esther Duflo Family
She was born in Paris, France to her devoted parents. Duflo holds French–American nationality. Her parents are pediatrician Violaine Duflo and mathematics professor Michel Duflo. Her mother often participated in medical humanitarian projects when she was a child.
Esther Duflo Abhijit Banerjee
She married her supportive husband MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee in 2015. Abhijit is a 62-year-old Indian-born naturalized American economist. The couple is the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel Prize. Before, he was a joint supervisor of Duflo’s Ph.D. in economics at MIT in 1999. The couple are parents of two children Milan and Noémie.
Esther Duflo Education
She studied at the B/L program of Lycée Henri-IV’s Classes préparatoires. She then had her undergraduate studies at École normale supérieure in Paris graduating in 1994 with a degree in history and economics. Duflo later attained a master’s degree from DELTA, now the Paris School of Economics in 1995. In addition, she obtained a Ph.D. degree in economics at MIT in 1999, under the joint supervision of Abhijit Banerjee and Joshua Angrist.
Esther Duflo Nobel Price | Nobel
Duflo was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2019 along with her two co-researchers Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer. Their research was about, “their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. She became the second woman to win this award and the youngest person.
Esther Duflo Mit | Google Scholar
Duflo became an assistant professor at MIT upon attaining her Ph.D. in 1999. In 2002, she became an associate professor at the age of 29. When she was 30, she became a full professor and co-founded the Poverty Action Lab at MIT in 2003. The lab has conducted over 200 empirical development experiments and trained development practitioners to run randomized controlled trials.
Esther Duflo Books
She has authored several books and also with her husband. The books include:
- Poor Economics co-authored with Banerjee in April 2011
- Good Economics for Hard Times with Banerjee in 2019
- Handbook of Field Experiments in 2017 with Banerjee
- Handbook of Field Experiments, Volume 2 in 2017 with Banerjee
- Le Développement Humain in 2010
- Expérience, science et lutter contre la pauvreté in 2009.
Esther Duflo Ted Talk
In February 2010, she was a TED talk speaker where she discussed Social experiments to fight poverty. In the show, she says it’s possible to know which development efforts help and which hurt by testing solutions with randomized trials. Additionally, the talk has over 1.5 Million views available on ted.com.
Abhijit Banerjee And Esther Duflo Poor Economics | Poverty
Duflo co-authored with her husband Banerjee the book Poor Economics in April 2011. In the book, the two provide reports on the effectiveness of solutions to global poverty using an evidence-based randomized control trial approach. The book has 320 pages and it won the 2011 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
Esther Duflo Net Worth
Duflo is a 51-year-old French–American economist who is also an MIT professor, and co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) which is her source of attaining decent fortune. Her net worth is $4 Million.
How Old Is Esther Duflo
Duflo is 51 years old born in Paris, France on October 25, 1972.
Who Is Esther Duflo
Duflo is a 51-year-old French–American economist. She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Duflo is co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) founded in 2003. She is also a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)[13] research associate. In addition, she won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer.
Why Was Esther Duflo Awarded The Nobel Prize
She received the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty along with co-researchers Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer.