Esther Duflo is only the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. She is also the youngest person ever to win it. This week, the Swedish Academy announced that Dulfo along with her ...

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Economists face a reputational problem, and Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo hopes her research in reducing global poverty can rebuild public trust in the profession. Duflo, a professor at the ...

Nobel Prize-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are set to leave the United States for Switzerland next year, joining the University of Zurich (UZH) to establish a new research centre ...

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Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, who are among the top development economists worldwide, will join the University of Zurich's (UZH) Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics in July 2026. At ...

The pursuit of rapid growth won’t solve the huge challenges we face. A more honest, humane approach is the answer Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are joint winners of the 2019 Nobel prize in ...

Subsiding child care will create more jobs that cannot be automated or performed offshore, according to Nobel laureate Esther Duflo. Guaranteed access to good quality child care, no matter where a ...