Angus Deaton

Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1945-10-19 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Gender: male

Field: British-American economist (born 1945)

Biography

Sir Angus Stewart Deaton is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is currently 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. His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015

Awarded on: 2015-10-12

"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"

Affiliations:

  • Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ, USA