Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences br Awarded for Work in Reducing Poverty The Nobel Committee awarded br the prize to three economists: br Abhijit Banarjee, Esther Duflo br and Michael Kremer. Göran K. Hansson, Nobel Academy Secretary General, via NPR News The Nobel academy highlighted br the economists efforts in chunking br down issues of global poverty into br smaller, more manageable questions. Esther Duflo is the youngest br person and the second br woman to win the br prize in economics. She teaches at MIT br with Abhijit Banarjee. br The two are married. Michael Kremer is a Fellow of the br American Academy of Arts and Sciences. br He is a professor at Harvard University. The three recipients will split br the $915,300 monetary award.