Angus Deaton

Sir Angus Deaton
Deaton in 2015
Born
Angus Stewart Deaton

(1945-10-19) 19 October 1945 (age 78)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish, American
Education
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge
SpouseAnne Case
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMicroeconomics
Institutions
Thesis Models of Consumer Demand and Their Application to the United Kingdom  (1975)
Doctoral advisorRichard Stone
Academic career
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Sir Angus Stewart Deaton FBA[1] (born 19 October 1945) 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.[2]

In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.[3][4]

  1. ^ Instruments of Development - website British Academy
  2. ^ "Bio". Professor Sir Angus Deaton. Princeton University. princeton.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2015". nobelprize.org.
  4. ^ Wearden, Graeme (12 October 2015). "Nobel prize in economics won by Angus Deaton – live". The Guardian. theguardian.com (updated 25 May 2017). Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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