Professor Esther Duflo FBA
The economic lives of households in poor countries: how they make decisions, what constraints they face, and how this should influence the design of policy; and the at-scale evaluation of such policies, mainly using randomized field experiments
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2016
- Subjects
- Economics
- Sections
- Economics and Economic History , Education
Current post
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Sandra Black FBA
Sandra Black's research interests are labour, education, intergenerational mobility, the role of early life experiences on the long-run outcomes of children, gender, and discrimination.
Professor Kathy Sylva FBA
Educational psychology: role of learning experiences at home and early childhood settings in shaping children’s development; longitudinal and randomised intervention studies to inform policy and practice
Professor David Gillborn FBA
Race inequity in education policy and practice; critical race theory; sociology of education
