I am the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. I am President Elect of the American Economic Association, and will be President in 2009. My main current research areas are in health, in economic development, and in the analysis of household behavior, especially at the microeconomic level.

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.

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!

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.