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Ester Boserup

1910 - 1999

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Ester Boserup (18 May 1910 – 24 September 1999) was a Danish economist. She studied economic and agricultural development, worked at the United Nations as well as other international organizations, and wrote seminal books on agrarian change and the role of women in development. Boserup is known for her theory of agricultural intensification, also known as Boserup's theory, which posits that population change drives the intensity of agricultural production. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ester Boserup has received more than 388,043 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ester Boserup is the 351st most popular economist (down from 313th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 496th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ester Boserup ranks 351 out of 414. Before her are Erik Lindahl, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Bjørn Lomborg, Fatih Birol, Martin Wolf, and Edith Abbott. After her are Justin Yifu Lin, Euclid Tsakalotos, Rose Friedman, John B. Taylor, Santiago Peña, and Clara Ponsatí.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ester Boserup ranks 335. Before her are Georg Johansson, Toon Oprinsen, Juan Valdivieso, Arthur Hunnicutt, Ariel Nogueira, and Ivan Mariz. After her are Arcadio López, Lizardo Rodríguez Nue, William D'Amico, Rose Friedman, Luise Ullrich, and Shuhei Nishida. Among people deceased in 1999, Ester Boserup ranks 250. Before her are Jack Lynch, Guillermo Arellano, Necil Kazım Akses, Anthony Newley, Paul-Émile de Souza, and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. After her are Kjell Rosén, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Maria Sander, Georges Gandil, Allen Stack, and Mel Tormé.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ester Boserup ranks 572 out of 1,032. Before her are Mariann Fischer Boel (1943), Lily Carlstedt (1926), Jan Mølby (1963), Deepika Padukone (1986), Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812), and Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850). After her are Johan Lange (1818), Tom Kristensen (1967), Klaus Berggreen (1958), Jens Albinus (1965), Birthe Kjær (1948), and Dorrit Willumsen (1940).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Denmark

Among economists born in Denmark, Ester Boserup ranks 2. Before her are Bjørn Lomborg (1965). After her are Inger Andersen (1958).

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