Esther Duflo

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo interview: 'India's policy frame is not focused on inequality'

January 20, 2024 9:01 am

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work using Randomized Controlled Trials to evaluate social policies, spoke to The Indian Express about the most important policy challenges facing India. The duo, who co-founded The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in 2003, were speaking on the occasion of J-PAL's 20th anniversary.

Esther Duflo, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian in economic advisory council to Tamil Nadu CM

June 21, 2021 7:42 pm

A white paper detailing the true state of Tamil Nadu’s finances will be released in July, said Governor Banwarilal Purohit during the first session of the 16th state legislative assembly in Chennai.

A prescription for action: Nine steps after the next 21 days

March 29, 2020 2:34 pm

Even if lockdown flattens the curve, COVID-19 will spread. Looking at migrants on the road, let’s expect a mess — and plan for it, write Nobel Laureate economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo

‘Low-skill immigrants, whom everyone hates, don’t depress wages’: Abhijit Banerjee

January 14, 2020 3:44 am

"There are lots of instances where large numbers of low-skill people suddenly showed up in some labour market and then what we can do is look at what happens to the wages of local low-skill people, people who used to be there before them," says Abhijit Banerjee

Close to tipping point of major recession, says Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee

January 08, 2020 7:10 am

Speaking at the Express Adda along with Duflo in Mumbai on Monday, Banerjee said: “The critical problem in the Indian economy is demand. You definitely want to stimulate demand.”

Abhijit Banerjee at Express Adda: Recourse to violence in JNU frightening

January 07, 2020 1:07 pm

Echoing Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks on the violence, Abhijeet Banerjee said that “what was remarkable about JNU was that it was a safe space for dissent”.

WATCH: Nobel Prize winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee at Express Adda

January 07, 2020 10:47 am

Abhijit Banerjee has recently been vocal with his suggestions on how to revive the Indian economy, opposing any more cuts in corporate taxes and advocating the need to boost demand.

Abhijit Banerjee at Express Adda: FM shouldn't have cut corporate tax

January 07, 2020 10:58 am

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), were awarded the Nobel for their groundbreaking work in development economics.

Nobel couple Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee at Express Adda today

January 07, 2020 10:52 am

Kolkata-born Banerjee, 58, and Paris-born Duflo, 46, both professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), were awarded the Nobel for their groundbreaking work in development economics that has provided insights into problems of poverty that governments across the world are engaged with today.

Indians cheer as Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo wear traditional Indian attire to Nobel ceremony

December 12, 2019 7:34 pm

In a nod to his Bengali roots, 58-year-old Banerjee donned a beige panjabi that he paired with a white gold-bordered dhoti and closed neck black vest. Duflo wore a silk saree.

If Niti Aayog has to work, it must have the PM's attention

February 02, 2015 10:07 am