Abhijit Banerjee
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| Born | Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee February 21, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta (BA) Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Spouse(s) | Arundhati Tuli (divorced) |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize (2019)[3] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Development economics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Eric Maskin |
| Doctoral students | Esther Duflo[4] Dean Karlan[5] Benjamin Jones |
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.
He along with wife Esther Duflo are the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel Prize.[9]
References
- ↑ "Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win Nobel in Economics". The Economic Times. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ "Mumbai-born Abhijit Banerjee wins Economics Nobel, over 5 mn Indian kids benefited from his study". The Statesman. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ Hannon, Dominic Chopping and Paul (14 October 2019). "Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Work Alleviating Poverty". WSJ. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ Duflo, Esther (1999), Essays in empirical development economics. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ Karlan, Dean S. (2002), Social capital and microfinance. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ "Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Economics Department MIT". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019" (PDF) (Press release). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 14, 2019.
- ↑ Desk, The Hindu Net (2019-10-14). "Abhijit Banerjee among three to receive Economics Nobel". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo Winning the Nobel Prize Together is #CoupleGoals". News 18. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.