{"643755":{"#nid":"643755","#data":{"type":"event","title":"A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo (hosted by the School of Economics)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFifty years ago, this spring, Georgia Tech awarded its first three degrees in economics, marking a milestone in the School of Economics\u0026#39; journey from a small service unit to a dynamic center of scholarship and education.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo mark the 50\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary of the School of Economics, we will be hosting a Distinguished Speaker Series featuring prominent figures at Georgia Tech to discuss economics and beyond with faculty, staff, and students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Conversation with Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEncouraging Social Distancing during Covid:\u0026nbsp; Evidence from Randomized Trials in Disadvantaged Communities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/economics.mit.edu\/faculty\/eduflo\u0022\u003EEsther Duflo\u003C\/a\u003E is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT and a co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her research, she seeks to understand the economic lives of the poor, with the aim to help design and evaluate social policies. Duflo\u0026nbsp;has received the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences (with co-Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer).\u0026nbsp; She received a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 1999.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/usyhpjvh\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClick here to RSVP\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Encouraging Social Distancing during Covid:\u00a0 Evidence from Randomized Trials in Disadvantaged Communities"}],"uid":"35230","created_gmt":"2021-02-02 07:49:01","changed_gmt":"2021-03-26 14:04:05","author":"schristmas3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-04-08T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-04-08T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-04-08T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-04-08 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-04-08 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-04-08 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"643753":{"id":"643753","type":"image","title":"Distinguished Speaker Series, Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo","body":null,"created":"1612250076","gmt_created":"2021-02-02 07:14:36","changed":"1612250076","gmt_changed":"2021-02-02 07:14:36","alt":"","file":{"fid":"244402","name":"A conversation with esther.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/A%20conversation%20with%20esther.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/A%20conversation%20with%20esther.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1180444,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/A%20conversation%20with%20esther.png?itok=vInDRTg4"}}},"media_ids":["643753"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"999","name":"IAC"},{"id":"950","name":"liberal arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"},{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ES. Dante Christmas\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssistant to the Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edante.christmas@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}