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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 368,229 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ester Boserup is the 316th most popular economist, the 499th most popular biography from Denmark and the 2nd most popular Danish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ester Boserup ranks 316 out of 315. Before her are Abdi Farah Shirdon, Henryk Grossman, James Wilson, W. Michael Blumenthal, Abel Aganbegyan, and Armen Alchian. After her are Pedro Solbes, John Lipsky, Anthony Downs, Gunter Pauli, Anne Osborn Krueger, and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ester Boserup ranks 292. Before her are Felipe Rosas, Óscar Osorio, Sulo Bärlund, Algisto Lorenzato, Nathan Jacobson, and Christopher Cockerell. After her are Ralph Metcalfe, Max Miedinger, Ramón Zabalo, Robert Buron, Giancarlo Brusati, and John R. Pierce. Among people deceased in 1999, Ester Boserup ranks 215. Before her are Mel Tormé, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Annibale Frossi, Nathan Jacobson, Christopher Cockerell, and Necil Kazım Akses. After her are Néstor Togneri, Hoyt Axton, Paul-Émile de Souza, Charles Brown, Maigonis Valdmanis, and Boris Kuznetsov.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ester Boserup ranks 499 out of 893. Before her are Caroline Wozniacki (1990), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Klaus Berntsen (1844), Otto Liebe (1860), Niels Arden Oplev (1961), and Dario Campeotto (1939). After her are Mogens Frey (1941), Hannibal Sehested (1842), Kim Milton Nielsen (1960), Henrik Larsen (1966), Leif Mortensen (1946), and Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Denmark

Among economists born in Denmark, Ester Boserup ranks 2. Before her are Hjalmar Schacht (1877). After her are Bjørn Lomborg (1965).

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