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Esther Duflo

Esther Duflo

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Economics and Finance
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 108 65 56 53 45 407 91857

Esther Duflo publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Esther Duflo between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Esther Duflo published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 51.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 260 publications in 2017. 18 of the 1,391 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 260. Peak 260 publications in 2017. 1999: 3 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 70 publications 2008: 77 publications 2009: 71 publications 2010: 30 publications 2011: 87 publications 2012: 259 publications 2013: 49 publications 2014: 40 publications 2015: 94 publications 2016: 67 publications 2017: 260 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 64 publications 2020: 48 publications 2021: 32 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 6 publications
1999 2025

1,391 publications in total across all disciplines

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Esther Duflo: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 3
2000 13
2001 7
2002 5
2003 14
2004 13
2005 11
2006 17
2007 70
2008 77
2009 71
2010 30
2011 87
2012 259
2013 49
2014 40
2015 94
2016 67
2017 260
2018 22
2019 64
2020 48
2021 32
2022 10
2023 10
2024 12
2025 6
Total 1,391
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Esther Duflo publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Esther Duflo sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 521+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 111. Most scientists, 111, have 137–141 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 407–411 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 12 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 23 scientists 62–66 publications: 32 scientists 67–71 publications: 36 scientists 72–76 publications: 56 scientists 77–81 publications: 57 scientists 82–86 publications: 70 scientists 87–91 publications: 86 scientists 92–96 publications: 72 scientists 97–101 publications: 106 scientists 102–106 publications: 97 scientists 107–111 publications: 96 scientists 112–116 publications: 101 scientists 117–121 publications: 103 scientists 122–126 publications: 102 scientists 127–131 publications: 108 scientists 132–136 publications: 107 scientists 137–141 publications: 111 scientists 142–146 publications: 94 scientists 147–151 publications: 96 scientists 152–156 publications: 100 scientists 157–161 publications: 74 scientists 162–166 publications: 68 scientists 167–171 publications: 91 scientists 172–176 publications: 76 scientists 177–181 publications: 75 scientists 182–186 publications: 61 scientists 187–191 publications: 66 scientists 192–196 publications: 68 scientists 197–201 publications: 71 scientists 202–206 publications: 60 scientists 207–211 publications: 56 scientists 212–216 publications: 44 scientists 217–221 publications: 51 scientists 222–226 publications: 65 scientists 227–231 publications: 48 scientists 232–236 publications: 59 scientists 237–241 publications: 37 scientists 242–246 publications: 37 scientists 247–251 publications: 41 scientists 252–256 publications: 43 scientists 257–261 publications: 33 scientists 262–266 publications: 34 scientists 267–271 publications: 39 scientists 272–276 publications: 25 scientists 277–281 publications: 29 scientists 282–286 publications: 29 scientists 287–291 publications: 26 scientists 292–296 publications: 31 scientists 297–301 publications: 31 scientists 302–306 publications: 24 scientists 307–311 publications: 28 scientists 312–316 publications: 24 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 14 scientists 327–331 publications: 25 scientists 332–336 publications: 18 scientists 337–341 publications: 16 scientists 342–346 publications: 18 scientists 347–351 publications: 15 scientists 352–356 publications: 17 scientists 357–361 publications: 19 scientists 362–366 publications: 16 scientists 367–371 publications: 17 scientists 372–376 publications: 7 scientists 377–381 publications: 18 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 19 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 13 scientists 407–411 publications: 13 scientists 412–416 publications: 5 scientists 417–421 publications: 10 scientists 422–426 publications: 6 scientists 427–431 publications: 12 scientists 432–436 publications: 9 scientists 437–441 publications: 9 scientists 442–446 publications: 10 scientists 447–451 publications: 12 scientists 452–456 publications: 8 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 5 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 7 scientists 487–491 publications: 8 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 4 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 7 scientists 517–520 publications: 7 scientists 521+ publications: 99 scientists
42–46 publications 521+

This scientist: 407 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 1
47–51 12
52–56 7
57–61 23
62–66 32
67–71 36
72–76 56
77–81 57
82–86 70
87–91 86
92–96 72
97–101 106
102–106 97
107–111 96
112–116 101
117–121 103
122–126 102
127–131 108
132–136 107
137–141 111
142–146 94
147–151 96
152–156 100
157–161 74
162–166 68
167–171 91
172–176 76
177–181 75
182–186 61
187–191 66
192–196 68
197–201 71
202–206 60
207–211 56
212–216 44
217–221 51
222–226 65
227–231 48
232–236 59
237–241 37
242–246 37
247–251 41
252–256 43
257–261 33
262–266 34
267–271 39
272–276 25
277–281 29
282–286 29
287–291 26
292–296 31
297–301 31
302–306 24
307–311 28
312–316 24
317–321 13
322–326 14
327–331 25
332–336 18
337–341 16
342–346 18
347–351 15
352–356 17
357–361 19
362–366 16
367–371 17
372–376 7
377–381 18
382–386 13
387–391 19
392–396 9
397–401 10
402–406 13
407–411 13 407
412–416 5
417–421 10
422–426 6
427–431 12
432–436 9
437–441 9
442–446 10
447–451 12
452–456 8
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 4
472–476 5
477–481 6
482–486 7
487–491 8
492–496 5
497–501 4
502–506 4
507–511 5
512–516 7
517–520 7
521+ 99
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Esther Duflo D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Esther Duflo sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 72 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 101+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 178. Most scientists, 178, have 33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 101+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 126
31 147
32 157
33 178
34 171
35 141
36 132
37 129
38 130
39 120
40 117
41 113
42 114
43 97
44 115
45 86
46 78
47 83
48 62
49 74
50 50
51 66
52 69
53 55
54 67
55 61
56 62
57 45
58 34
59 47
60 46
61 36
62 37
63 56
64 50
65 32
66 28
67 30
68 24
69 25
70 22
71 21
72 26
73 24
74 23
75 12
76 14
77 15
78 15
79 17
80 17
81 11
82 10
83 16
84 11
85 5
86 9
87 13
88 9
89 7
90 6
91 4
92 8
93 10
94 11
95 6
96 4
97 4
98 6
99 6
100 8
101+ 100 108
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Nobel Prize for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
  • 2019 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2010 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association
  • 2010 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Statistics

Esther Duflo mainly focuses on Demographic economics, Randomized experiment, Economic growth, Income distribution and Demography. Esther Duflo combines subjects such as Incentive, Microfinance, Private good and Shock with her study of Demographic economics. Her Randomized experiment research includes themes of Medical education, Remedial education, Numeracy, Literacy and Attendance.

Esther Duflo has included themes like Government and Per capita in her Economic growth study. Her Income distribution research focuses on Human development and how it connects with Development economics and Indonesian government. As a member of one scientific family, Esther Duflo mostly works in the field of Demography, focusing on Social pension and, on occasion, Per capita income.

Her most cited work include:

  • How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates? (5245 citations)
  • Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment (1127 citations)
  • WOMEN AS POLICY MAKERS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED POLICY EXPERIMENT IN INDIA (1086 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Developing country, Randomized experiment, Incentive, Rural area and Economic growth. Her study brings together the fields of Demographic economics and Developing country. Esther Duflo has researched Randomized experiment in several fields, including Attendance and Labour economics.

In her research, Esther Duflo undertakes multidisciplinary study on Incentive and Psychological intervention. Esther Duflo usually deals with Rural area and limits it to topics linked to Public good and Position. As part of her studies on Economic growth, Esther Duflo often connects relevant areas like Politics.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Developing country (11.47%)
  • Randomized experiment (10.29%)
  • Incentive (10.00%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Artificial intelligence (4.12%)
  • Machine learning (4.12%)
  • Microfinance (7.94%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Esther Duflo mostly deals with Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Microfinance, Overfitting and Replication. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Randomized experiment, Linear regression and Replication. Esther Duflo interconnects Social network, Matching, Control, Labour economics and Fixed cost in the investigation of issues within Microfinance.

Esther Duflo studied Social network and Institution that intersect with Demographic economics and Social capital. Her research in Overfitting intersects with topics in Estimator, Estimating equations, Regularization, Lasso and Random forest. Her research integrates issues of Incentive, Development economics, Happiness and Process management in her study of Replication.

Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Double/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters (401 citations)
  • Double/Debiased/Neyman Machine Learning of Treatment Effects (78 citations)
  • The Economist as Plumber (58 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Statistics

Her primary areas of investigation include Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Random forest, Overfitting and Artificial neural network. Her Artificial intelligence research integrates issues from Average treatment effect, Observational study, Statistics and Econometrics. Her Random forest research incorporates themes from Linear regression, Estimator, Estimating equations, Regularization and Lasso.

Her Estimator study frequently involves adjacent topics like Statistical theory. The concepts of her Artificial neural network study are interwoven with issues in Ensemble learning, Randomized experiment and Inference. Her Inference research incorporates elements of Estimation theory and Nominal level, Confidence interval.

Best Publications

  • How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?

    Marianne Bertrand;Esther Duflo;Sendhil Mullainathan

  • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • Women Empowerment and Economic Development

    Esther Duflo

  • The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation

    Abhijit Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster;Cynthia Kinnan

  • Double/Debiased Machine Learning for Treatment and Structural Parameters

    Victor Chernozhukov;Denis Chetverikov;Mert Demirer;Esther Duflo

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

    Esther Duflo

  • WOMEN AS POLICY MAKERS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED POLICY EXPERIMENT IN INDIA

    Raghabendra Chattopadhyay;Esther Duflo

  • The Economic Lives of the Poor.

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • Grandmothers and Granddaughters: Old‐Age Pensions and Intrahousehold Allocation in South Africa

    Esther Duflo

  • Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit

    Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster;Michael Kremer

  • The role of information and social interactions in retirement plan decisions: Evidence from a randomized experiment

    Esther Duflo;Emmanuel Saez

  • The Diffusion of Microfinance

    Abhijit Banerjee;Arun G. Chandrasekhar;Arun G. Chandrasekhar;Esther Duflo;Matthew O. Jackson;Matthew O. Jackson;Matthew O. Jackson

  • Remedying education: Evidence from two randomized experiments in india

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Shawn Cole;Esther Duflo;Leigh L Linden

  • Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say?

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

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

    Esther Duflo;Emmanuel Saez

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

    Esther Duflo;Pascaline Dupas;Michael Kremer

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

    Esther Duflo;Michael Kremer;Jonathan Robinson

  • Growth Theory through the Lens of Development Economics

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo

  • Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?

    Lori Beaman;Raghabendra Chattopadhyay;Esther Duflo;Rohini Pande

  • Double/Debiased Machine Learning for Treatment and Structural Parameters

    Victor Chernozhukov;Denis Chetverikov;Mert Demirer;Esther Duflo

  • Report of the Editor: American Economic Review

    Esther Duflo

  • Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote D'Ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices

    Esther Duflo;Christopher R. Udry

  • Double/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters

    Victor Chernozhukov;Denis Chetverikov;Mert Demirer;Esther Duflo

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

    Abhijit Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Nathanael Goldberg;Dean Karlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kremer
Michael Kremer University of Chicago
Rohini Pande
Rohini Pande Yale University
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Matthew O. Jackson
Matthew O. Jackson Stanford University
Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez University of California, Berkeley
Marianne Bertrand
Marianne Bertrand University of Chicago
Petia Topalova
Petia Topalova International Monetary Fund
Stuti Khemani
Stuti Khemani World Bank
Christian Hansen
Christian Hansen University of Chicago

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