I am the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. My main current research areas are in health, wellbeing, and economic development.

I am a British citizen, and previously taught at Cambridge University and the University of Bristol. I am a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Econometric Society and, in 1978, was the first recipient of the Society's Frisch Medal. I was President of the American Economic Association in 2009.

My current research focuses on the determinants of health in rich and poor countries, as well as on the measurement of poverty in India and around the world. I also maintain a long-standing interest in the analysis of household surveys. To view information about my research on India and world poverty, health, or household surveys, click each corresponding link.

To view my working papers and publications and my letters published every six months in the Royal Economic Society Newsletter, click each corresponding link. Book launch: The Great Indian Poverty Debate, click on title.

NEW!

Angus Deaton discusses Poor Economics and the problems with Randomized Controlled Trials at NYU (March 2012)

Deaton Receives Prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Deaton awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in Social Science from the University of Edinburgh

Angus Deaton interviews with the Population Reference Bureau re: Subjective Well-being and Policy (May 2011)

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Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman publish study on income and emotional wellbeing

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Angus Deaton named Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Deaton's new paper on health, happiness and wealth is highlighted
in The Economist

Evaluation of World Bank Research over the last decade. Report by a panel consisting of Angus Deaton (Chair), Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University), Abhijit Banerjee (M.I.T.), and Nora Lustig, (UNDP). To view the full report, together with detailed evaluations by 24 evaluators, click here.