voprecotestВопросы экономикиVoprosy Ekonomiki0042-8736Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP10.32609/0042-8736-2020-1-5-17voprecotest-2597Research ArticleВОПРОСЫ ТЕОРИИISSUES OF THEORYДоказательная экономика развития: Нобелевская премия по экономике 2019 годаEvidence based development economics: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2019https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-7694ЕниколоповР. C.EnikolopovR. S.

Ениколопов Рубен Сергеевич, PhD, проф., ректор РЭШ

PhD

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Нобелевская премия по экономике 2019 года была присуждена Абиджиту Банерджи, Эстер Дюфло и Майклу Кремеру за развитие экспериментального подхода к изучению проблемы снижения мирового неравенства. Работы нобелевских лауреатов сочетают в себе детальный микроэкономический анализ практических проблем, связанных с экономическим развитием, и аккуратные эмпирические исследования эффектов отдельных программ развития с использованием метода полевых экспериментов. В статье обсуждается вклад лауреатов с методологической точки зрения, их влияние на то, как изменился подход экономистов к работе над практическими проблемами экономического развития, а также дается краткий обзор результатов их исследований в области экономики образования, здравоохранения, поведенческой экономики, микрокредитования и гендерного неравенства.

The 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for developing experimental approach to studying the problem of reducing world inequality. The works of laureates combine detailed microeconomic analysis of practical problems related to development economics with careful empirical estimation of the effects of particular development programs through the use of field experiments. The paper discusses methodological contribution of the laureates, their influence on changing economists’ approach to working on practical issues related to development economics. The paper also provides a short survey of the results of their research in areas of economics of education, health and behavioral economics, microcredit, and gender inequality.

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