Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (Bengali: অভিজিৎ বিনায়ক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born February 21, 1961) is an Indian-American economist.[6] Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with his wife Esther Duflo and fellow economist Michael Kremer, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."[7][8] He is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Abhijit Banerjee
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Born
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

21 February 1961 (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPresidency College, Kolkata
University of Calcutta (BA)
Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
AwardsNobel Memorial Prize (2019)[3]
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopment economics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral studentsEsther Duflo[4]
Dean Karlan[5]
Benjamin Jones

He along with wife Esther Duflo are the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel Prize.[9]

References

  1. Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win Nobel in Economics (14 October 2019)The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. Mumbai-born Abhijit Banerjee wins Economics Nobel, over 5 mn Indian kids benefited from his study (14 October 2019)The Statesman. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. Hannon, Dominic Chopping and Paul (14 October 2019). "Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Work Alleviating Poverty". WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-prize-in-economics-awarded-11571046679?mod=e2tw. Retrieved 14 October 2019. 
  4. Duflo, Esther (1999), Essays in empirical development economics. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  5. Karlan, Dean S. (2002), Social capital and microfinance. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  6. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Economics Department MIT (14 October 2019)Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (October 14, 2019). "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019". Press release. https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/press-economicsciences2019.pdf. 
  8. Desk, The Hindu Net (2019-10-14). "Abhijit Banerjee among three to receive Economics Nobel" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-origin-abhijit-banerjee-among-three-to-receive-economics-nobel/article29680388.ece. Retrieved 2019-10-14. 
  9. Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo Winning the Nobel Prize Together is #CoupleGoals (14 October 2019)News 18. Retrieved 14 October 2019.