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 Joel Mokyr FBA
Economic history of Europe, particularly the roots of technological progress and economic growth in Europe during the Industrial Revolution
Professor Louise Archer FBA
Educational identities and inequalities, particularly in relation to social class, gender and race/ethnicity and equitable participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
Professor Dominic Abrams FBA
Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent.
