← All authors Esther Duflo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (from arXiv:1608.00060, 2016) · OpenAlex
74 papers in scope · 72 published · 3 on the econ.EM arXiv · 44,635 citations · h-index 57 (over the papers listed here)
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Papers (3 of 74)
working paper 2025 · arXiv
published 2025 · Econometrica · 178 citations · first circulated 2017
Selecting the Most Effective Nudge: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Experiment on Immunization
published 2025 · Econometrica · 77 citations · first circulated 2021
Can a Trusted Messenger Change Behavior When Information Is Plentiful? Evidence from the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in West Bengal
published 2024 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 9 citations · first circulated 2020
Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets
published 2023 · The Review of Economic Studies · 59 citations · first circulated 2018
Depression and Loneliness among the Elderly in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
published 2023 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 53 citations
with Abhijit Banerjee, Erin Grela, Madeline McKelway, Frank Schilbach, Garima Sharma, Girija Vaidyanathan
Long-Term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program
published 2021 · American Economic Review Insights · 70 citations · first circulated 2020
with Abhijit Banerjee, Garima Sharma, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Rebecca Cai
Effects of a large-scale social media advertising campaign on holiday travel and COVID-19 infections: a cluster randomized controlled trial
published 2021 · Nature Medicine · 99 citations
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
published 2021 · Journal of Bangladesh Studies · 166 citations
with Abhijit V. Banerjee
Improving Police Performance in Rajasthan, India: Experimental Evidence on Incentives, Managerial Autonomy, and Training
published 2021 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 94 citations · first circulated 2012
with Abhijit Banerjee, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Daniel Keniston, Nina Singh
E-governance, Accountability, and Leakage in Public Programs: Experimental Evidence from a Financial Management Reform in India
published 2020 · American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 140 citations · first circulated 2016
with Abhijit Banerjee, Clément Imbert, Santhosh Mathew, Rohini Pande
Field Experiments and the Practice of Policy
published 2020 · American Economic Review · 67 citations
On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China
published 2020 · Journal of Development Economics · 855 citations · first circulated 2012
with Abhijit Banerjee, Nancy Qian, Abhijit V. Banerjee
HIV prevention among youth: A randomized controlled trial of voluntary counseling and testing for HIV and male condom distribution in rural Kenya
published 2019 · PLoS ONE · 20 citations
How Much do Existing Borrowers Value Microfinance? Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance
published 2018 · Economica · 31 citations · first circulated 2014
with Abhijit Banerjee, Richard Hornbeck
Report of the Search Committee to Appoint a Data Editor for the AEA
published 2018 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · 19 citations
with Hilary Hoynes
The Value of Regulatory Discretion: Estimates From Environmental Inspections in India
published 2018 · Econometrica · 251 citations · first circulated 2014
with Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan
Can iron-fortified salt control anemia? Evidence from two experiments in rural Bihar
published 2017 · Journal of Development Economics · 47 citations · first circulated 2016
with Abhijit Banerjee, Sharon Barnhardt
From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application
published 2017 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 335 citations
with Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, James Berry, Harini Kannan, Shobhini Mukerji, Marc Shotland, Michael Walton
Double/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters
published 2017 · Econometrics Journal · 2570 citations
Double/Debiased/Neyman Machine Learning of Treatment Effects
published 2017 · American Economic Review · 369 citations
The Economist as Plumber
published 2017 · American Economic Review · 249 citations
working paper 2016 · arXiv · 103 citations
Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
published 2015 · American Economic Review · 366 citations · first circulated 2014
Turning a Shove into a Nudge? A “Labeled Cash Transfer” for Education
published 2015 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 316 citations · first circulated 2013
A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries
published 2015 · Science · 1063 citations
with Abhijit Banerjee, Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, William Parienté, Jeremy Shapiro, Bram Thuysbaert, Christopher Udry
The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
published 2015 · American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 1461 citations · first circulated 2013
with Abhijit Banerjee, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan, Abhijit V. Banerjee
Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco
published 2015 · American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 417 citations · first circulated 2014
with Bruno Crépon, Florencia Devoto, William Parienté
School governance, teacher incentives, and pupil–teacher ratios: Experimental evidence from Kenyan primary schools
published 2014 · Journal of Public Economics · 396 citations · first circulated 2012
Bundling Health Insurance and Microfinance in India: There Cannot be Adverse Selection if There Is No Demand
published 2014 · American Economic Review · 113 citations
with Abhijit Banerjee, Richard Hornbeck
Under the Thumb of History? Political Institutions and the Scope for Action*
published 2014 · Annual Review of Economics · 26 citations · first circulated 2013
with Abhijit V. Banerjee, Abhijit Banerjee
Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program
published 2014 · The Review of Economic Studies · 333 citations · first circulated 2002
with Abhijit Banerjee, Abhijit V. Banerjee
Truth-telling by Third-party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India*
published 2013 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 507 citations
with Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan
Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
published 2013 · American Economic Journal Microeconomics · 244 citations
with Abhijit Banerjee, Maitreesh Ghatak, Jeanne Lafortune
Do Labor Market Policies have Displacement Effects? Evidence from a Clustered Randomized Experiment *
published 2013 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 548 citations · first circulated 2012
with Bruno Crépon, Marc Gurgand, Roland Rathelot, Philippe Zamora
Women Empowerment and Economic Development
published 2012 · Journal of Economic Literature · 2855 citations · first circulated 2011
Grandmothers and Granddaughters
published 2012 · The World Bank Economic Review · 17 citations
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Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco
published 2012 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 353 citations · first circulated 2011
Incentives Work: Getting Teachers to Come to School
published 2012 · American Economic Review · 194 citations · first circulated 2005
with Rema Hanna, Stephen Ryan
The Diffusion of Microfinance
published 2012 · Science · 32 citations
Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
published 2011 · American Economic Review · 1127 citations · first circulated 2009
with Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson, Keesler Welch, Abigail Sellman
Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya
published 2011 · American Economic Review · 1088 citations · first circulated 2008
Balancing growth with equity: the view from development
published 2011 · Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole · 24 citations
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Giving Credit Where It Is Due
published 2010 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 10 citations
with Abhijit V Banerjee
Long-Run Health Impacts of Income Shocks: Wine and Phylloxera in Nineteenth-Century France
published 2010 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 194 citations · first circulated 2007
with Abhijit Banerjee, Gilles Postel-Vinay, Tim Watts, Timothy M. Watts, Abhijit V. Banerjee
Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
published 2010 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 352 citations · first circulated 2008
with Abhijit V Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Rachel Glennerster, Stuti Khemani, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Abhijit Banerjee
Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias? *
published 2009 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1041 citations · first circulated 2008
with Lori Beaman, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Rohini Pande, Petia Topalova
L'approche expérimentale en économie du développement
published 2009 · Revue d économie politique · 53 citations
with Abhijit V. Banerjee
The Experimental Approach to Development Economics
published 2009 · Annual Review of Economics · 643 citations · first circulated 2008
with Abhijit V. Banerjee, Abhijit Banerjee
Chair Knowledge against Poverty – Academic Year 2008-2009
published 2009 · La lettre du Collège de France
Mandated Empowerment
published 2008 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 31 citations
with Abhijit V. Banerjee
How High Are Rates of Return to Fertilizer? Evidence from Field Experiments in Kenya
published 2008 · American Economic Review · 554 citations
with Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson
Report of the Editor, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
published 2008 · American Economic Review · 1 citations
What is Middle Class about the Middle Classes around the World?
published 2008 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 637 citations · first circulated 2007
with Abhijit V Banerjee, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Abhijit Banerjee
Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India
published 2007 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 424 citations · first circulated 2005
with Abhijit Banerjee, Shawn Cole, Leigh Linden, Keesler Welch, Abigail Sellman
Dams
published 2007 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 562 citations · first circulated 2005
with Rohini Pande
Savings Incentives for Low-and Moderate-Income Families in the United States: Why is the Saver's Credit Not More Effective?
published 2007 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 54 citations
with William G. Gale, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Peter R. Orszag, Emmanuel Saez
The Economic Lives of the Poor
published 2007 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 1593 citations · first circulated 2006
with Abhijit V Banerjee
Saving Incentives for Low-and Middle-Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R Block
published 2006 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 219 citations · first circulated 2005
with William A. Gale, Jerome Liebman, Peter R. Orszag, Emmanuel Saez, William G. Gale, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Keesler Welch, Shammi Quddus
Addressing Absence
published 2006 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 179 citations
with Abhijit Banerjee
Why Political Reservations?
published 2005 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 136 citations
Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India
published 2004 · Econometrica · 2252 citations · first circulated 2001
with Raghabendra Chattopadhyay
Wealth, Health, and Health Services in Rural Rajasthan
published 2004 · American Economic Review · 368 citations · first circulated 2003
with Abhijit Banerjee, Angus Deaton
The medium run effects of educational expansion: evidence from a large school construction program in Indonesia
published 2004 · Journal of Development Economics · 198 citations · first circulated 2001
How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?
published 2004 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 10657 citations · first circulated 2001
with M. Bertrand, Sendhil Mullainathan, Marianne Bertrand
Banking Reform in India
published 2004 · India Policy Forum · 61 citations
with Shawn Cole, Abhinandan Banerjee
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Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say?
published 2003 · Journal of Economic Growth · 738 citations · first circulated 2000
with Abhijit V. Banerjee, Abhijit Banerjee
The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
published 2003 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1011 citations · first circulated 2002
with Emmanuel Saez
Grandmothers and Granddaughters: Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa
published 2003 · The World Bank Economic Review · 1556 citations
The (Mis)Allocation of Capital
published 2003 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 58 citations
with Abhijit V. Banerjee, Kaivan Munshi
Participation and investment decisions in a retirement plan: the influence of colleagues’ choices
published 2002 · Journal of Public Economics · 803 citations · first circulated 2000
with Emmanuel Saez
Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment
published 2001 · American Economic Review · 1932 citations · first circulated 2000
Reputation Effects and the Limits of Contracting: A Study of the Indian Software Industry*
published 2000 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 537 citations
with Abhijit V. Banerjee, Abhijit Banerjee
Child Health and Household Resources in South Africa: Evidence from the Old Age Pension Program
published 2000 · American Economic Review · 440 citations
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