Krishna Pendakur

Krishna Pendakur, Distinguished Professor and Bank of Canada Fellow, is a globally recognized and award-winning economist. His theoretical and empirical contributions have reshaped how economists think about, model and measure poverty and inequality. His work has focused particularly on children, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples in Canada. His work is widely cited across the social sciences, presented as state-of-the-art in the field, and has significantly impacted economic policy in Canada and internationally.