Esther Duflo

Esther Duflo, FBA (French: [dyflo]; born 25 October 1972) is a French-American economist. She is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Esther Duflo
Duflo in 2009
Born	(1972-10-25) 25 October 1972 (age 52) Paris, France
Nationality	French, American
Education	École normale supérieure, Paris (BA) School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (DEA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Spouse	Abhijit Banerjee ​ (m. 2015)​
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (2010) Calvó-Armengol International Prize (2010) Dan David Prize (2013) Nobel Prize in Economics (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Social economics Development economics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Abhijit Banerjee[1] Joshua Angrist[1]
Doctoral students	Dean Karlan[2]
Influences	Amartya Sen[3] Michael Kremer
Influenced	Barack Obama[4]
Academic career
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Duflo shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty". She is the youngest person and the second woman to win this award.