What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Abhijit Banerjee mainly investigates Economic growth, Development economics, Monetary economics, Poverty and Productivity. His Economic growth research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Government, Consumption and Stern. His Development economics study incorporates themes from Property rights, Revenue and International relations.
The various areas that he examines in his Monetary economics study include Volatility and Financial market. His Poverty research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Purchasing power parity, Income distribution, Human development and Liberian dollar. His work in Productivity tackles topics such as Investment which are related to areas like Discount points, Small business and Exchange rate.
His most cited work include:
- A Simple Model of Herd Behavior (4221 citations)
- Occupational Choice and the Process of Development (2052 citations)
- Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (1069 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Developing country, Labour economics, Consumption, Poverty and Monetary economics. Within one scientific family, Abhijit Banerjee focuses on topics pertaining to Productivity under Labour economics, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Investment. His studies examine the connections between Consumption and genetics, as well as such issues in Demographic economics, with regards to Microfinance.
His Microfinance study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Loan and Social network. His work on Development economics expands to the thematically related Poverty. Abhijit Banerjee does research in Monetary economics, focusing on Currency specifically.
He most often published in these fields:
- Developing country (10.51%)
- Labour economics (8.46%)
- Consumption (7.95%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Developing country (10.51%)
- Demographic economics (7.44%)
- Consumption (7.95%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Developing country, Demographic economics, Consumption, Microfinance and Labour economics are his primary areas of study. His Developing country research includes elements of Basic income, Randomized experiment, Development economics and Solvency. His study in Demographic economics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Government, Unit cost and Census.
His research in Consumption intersects with topics in Elite capture, Confidence interval, Beneficiary, Welfare and Poverty. Poverty is a primary field of his research addressed under Economic growth. His studies deal with areas such as Productivity, Test, Economic model and Capital market as well as Labour economics.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials (44 citations)
- On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China (36 citations)
- Universal Basic Income in the Developing World (16 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Abhijit Banerjee spends much of his time researching Developing country, Extreme poverty, Development economics, Basic income and Social psychology. His work carried out in the field of Developing country brings together such families of science as Praise, Discounting, Norm, Subgroup analysis and Knowledge creation. Abhijit Banerjee has researched Extreme poverty in several fields, including Face, Immigration and Ideology, Politics.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Cash transfers and Cash in addition to Development economics. His Social psychology research includes elements of Social learning, Information theory and Theme. The study incorporates disciplines such as Entertainment education, Family structure and Structural estimation in addition to Law enforcement.
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