What is Abhijit Banerjee?
{{nobelprize|Economics}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Abhijit Banerjee | image = Abhijit Banerjee FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011 (cropped).jpg | birth_name = Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|2|21}} | birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indian-american-mit-prof-abhijit-banerjee-and-wife-wins-nobel-in-economics/articleshow/71580136.cms | title=Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win Nobel in Economics | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=14 October 2019 | access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/mumbai-abhijit-banerjee-economics-nobel-5-mn-indian-kids-benefited-study-1502809941.html | title=Mumbai-born Abhijit Banerjee wins Economics Nobel, over 5 mn Indian kids benefited from his study | publisher=The Statesman | date=14 October 2019 | access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = [[United States|American]] | education =[[Presidency College, Kolkata]]<br>[[University of Calcutta]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) | spouse = Arundhati Tuli (divorced)<br>{{marriage|[[Esther Duflo]]|2015|}} | awards = [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Memorial Prize]] (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hannon |first1=Dominic Chopping and Paul |title=Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Work Alleviating Poverty |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nobel-prize-in-economics-awarded-11571046679?mod=e2tw |access-date=14 October 2019 |work=WSJ|date=14 October 2019 }}</ref> | field = [[Development economics]] | workplaces = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Eric Maskin]] | doctoral_students = [[Esther Duflo]]<ref>Duflo, Esther (1999), ''[https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/9516 Essays in empirical development economics]''. Ph.D. dissertation, Massach