Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Banerjee in November 2011
Born
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

(1961-02-21) 21 February 1961 (age 63)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
CitizenshipAmerican
Spouse
Arundhati Tuli Banerjee
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(div. 2014)​
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(m. 2015)​
Children3
Academic career
FieldDevelopment economics
Institution
Alma mater
Doctoral
advisor		Eric Maskin • Andreu Mas-Colell • Jerry Green
Doctoral
students		Esther Duflo • Dean Karlan • João Leão • Benjamin Jones • Nancy Qian • Maitreesh Ghatak • Asim Ijaz Khwaja
ContributionsRandomized controlled trials
Awards
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Academic background
ThesisEssays on Information Economics (1988)

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (born 21 February 1961)[1][2] is an Indian-born American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3][4] He is co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), an MIT based global research center promoting the use of scientific evidence to inform poverty alleviation strategies.[5][6] In 2019, Banerjee shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."[1][6] He and Esther Duflo are married, and became the sixth married couple to jointly win a Nobel or Nobel Memorial Prize.[7]

In addition to his academic appointments, Banerjee is a fellow of the Econometric Society,[4] a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[3] and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4] In 1994, he received a Sloan Research Fellowship,[4] awarded annually to early career researchers with the "potential to revolutionize their fields." According to Research Papers in Economics, Banerjee is among the most productive development economists in the world, ranking in the top 75 researchers by total research output.[8]

  1. ^ a b "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee CV" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Economics Department MIT". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Abhijit Banerjee". International Growth Centre. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ "J-PAL Co-Founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo Awarded Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics". The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b Smialek, Jeanna (14 October 2019). "Nobel Economics Prize Goes to Pioneers in Reducing Poverty". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo is the 6th couple to win a Nobel Prize". India Today. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Economist Rankings | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 30 November 2023.