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Esther Duflo

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSchool Choice and PerformanceGlobal Maternal and Child HealthVaccine Coverage and HesitancyGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Esther Duflo works in Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, School Choice and Performance, Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics. Recorded institutional associations include National Bureau of Economic Research, Duke University, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

1,424Publications
70,780Citations
108H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. American Economic Review

    2019 · 10,902 citations

  2. How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?

    2004 · 10,568 citations

  3. Double/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters

    2017 · 2,946 citations

  4. Women Empowerment and Economic Development

    2012 · 2,920 citations

  5. Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Policy Experiment in India

    2004 · 2,277 citations

  6. The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

    2015 · 2,060 citations

  7. Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment

    2001 · 1,931 citations

  8. The Economic Lives of the Poor

    2007 · 1,606 citations

  9. Grandmothers and Granddaughters: Old-Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa

    2003 · 1,576 citations

  10. Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India

    2007 · 1,393 citations

  11. The Diffusion of Microfinance

    2012 · 1,248 citations

  12. Female Leadership Raises Aspirations and Educational Attainment for Girls: A Policy Experiment in India

    2012 · 1,205 citations

  13. Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

    2006 · 1,191 citations

  14. Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya

    2011 · 1,143 citations

  15. Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya

    2011 · 1,076 citations

  16. A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries

    2015 · 1,068 citations

  17. Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias? *

    2009 · 1,054 citations

  18. The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

    2003 · 986 citations

  19. Incentives Work: Getting Teachers to Come to School

    2012 · 914 citations

  20. Field Experiments on Discrimination

    2016 · 910 citations

  21. On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China

    2020 · 897 citations

  22. The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

    2002 · 810 citations

  23. Participation and investment decisions in a retirement plan: the influence of colleagues’ choices

    2002 · 782 citations

  24. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

    2009 · 770 citations

  25. Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program

    2014 · 757 citations

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