Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel-winning development economist · age 65

Abhijit Banerjee photo

life in chapters

7 milestones from birth to now, with Abhijit's age at every one.

1960s

  1. Birth

    Born February 21, 1961

1980s

  1. age ~27 Education

    Earns PhD in Economics from Harvard University

    doctoral graduate

    Banerjee completed his doctorate at Harvard with a dissertation on information economics.

2010s

  1. age ~50 Release

    Publishes 'Poor Economics' with Esther Duflo

    co-author

    The book distilling their field-experiment research on poverty won the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.

  2. age ~54 Marriage

    Marries economist Esther Duflo

    spouse

    Banerjee married his MIT colleague and frequent co-author Esther Duflo.

  3. age ~58 Release

    Publishes 'Good Economics for Hard Times'

    co-author

    Banerjee and Duflo applied evidence-based economics to migration, inequality and other contested policy debates.

  4. age 58 Award

    Wins the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

    laureate

    He shared the prize with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.

2020s

  1. age ~65 Career milestone

    Joins the University of Zurich to co-lead a new development center

    endowed professor

    Banerjee and Duflo joined UZH in July 2026 to lead a Lemann Foundation-funded center for development, education and public policy while keeping part-time MIT ties.

age 65 now

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