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Esther Duflo

Prize
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 2019
for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
Citizenship
France France United States United States
Languages
English, French
date of birth
10/25/1972
place of birth
Paris
Age
53 years
educated at
  • Paris School of Economics
    • academic degree: magister degree
  • School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
    • academic degree: diplôme d'études approfondies
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
  • École Normale Supérieure
    • start time: 1/1/1992
  • Lycée Henri-IV
member of
  • conseil scientifique de l'Éducation nationale
    • start time: 1/1/2018
  • Econometric Society
    • start time: 11/22/2010
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • French Academy of Technologies
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
position held
  • chairperson
    • start time: 1/1/2024
occupation
  • economist
  • researcher
  • university teacher
doctoral student
  • Jessica Lee Cohen
  • Patricia Cortés
  • Christopher Arthur Spohr
  • Maisy Wong
  • Daniel Keniston
  • Mariaflavia Harari
  • Amanda Dawn Pallais
  • Cynthia Kinnan
  • Daniel L. Chen
  • Shawn Allen Cole
  • Sara Hernández
  • Horacio Larreguy
  • Bruno Ferman
  • Hongliang Zhang
  • Leigh L. Linden
  • Pablo Querubín
  • Arun Chandrasekhar
  • Jeanne Lafortune
  • Rachael Meager
  • Rema Hanna
  • Dean Karlan
  • Nancy Qian
  • Vincent Pons
employer
  • Collège de France
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
field of work
  • development economics
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