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Angus Deaton

British microeconomist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1945 · age 81

Sir Angus Stewart Deaton is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University.

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2015Cozzarelli PrizeAwardPrize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward2014Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic ThoughtAward2012Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2011BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward2010Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic AssociationAward2001Fellow of the British AcademyAward1978Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAwardFrisch MedalAward1945Born19 October 1945

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Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2015
Cozzarelli Prize2015
Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought2014
Clarivate Citation Laureates2012
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2011
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association2010
Fellow of the British Academy2001
Frisch Medal1978
Fellow of the Econometric Society1978
Honorary Doctorate at the University of Rome Tor Vergata
Honorary Doctor of University College London
Honorary Doctor of the University of St Andrews
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Honorary Doctorate from Brown University
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Fisher-Schultz Lecture

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His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development.

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Born 1945 · age 81

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