Michael Kremer
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Michael Kremer | |
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Born | Michael Robert Kremer November 12, 1964 |
Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Economics (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Development economics Health economics |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Barro |
Doctoral students | Edward Miguel[1] |
Influenced | Esther Duflo |
Michael Robert Kremer (born November 12, 1964)[2] is an American development economist of Jewish descent. He is the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University. In 2019 he was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, together with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo,[3] "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "The political economy of education and health in Kenya / a thesis presented by Edward Andrew Miguel". Research Kenya. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ Wearden, Graeme (2019-10-14). "Nobel Prize in Economics won by Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer - live updates". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ↑ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (October 14, 2019). "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019". Press release. https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/press-economicsciences2019.pdf.