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Michael Kremer

1964 - Today

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Michael Robert Kremer (born November 12, 1964) is an American development economist currently serving as University Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and Director of the Development Innovation Lab at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics. Kremer formerly served as the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University, a role he held from 2003 to 2020. In 2019, Kremer was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty." In addition to his academic appointments, Kremer is the co-founder of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Kremer has received more than 403,453 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Michael Kremer is the 282nd most popular economist (down from 225th in 2019), the 6,126th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,233rd in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Economist.

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  • 47.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Michael Kremer ranks 282 out of 315. Before him are Esther Duflo, Nouriel Roubini, Robert Barro, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Fakhruddin Ahmed, and Karl Knies. After him are Seth Godin, Lawrence Summers, Shoshana Zuboff, Anna Schwartz, Alice Salomon, and Boediono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Michael Kremer ranks 204. Before him are Vinnie Paul, Lorenzo Staelens, Manuel Jiménez Jiménez, Petr Kellner, P. T. Usha, and Kathy Burke. After him are Lori Loughlin, Karen Karapetyan, Denis Zvizdić, Valérie Lemercier, Thomas Berthold, and David Morrissey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Kremer ranks 6,126 out of 18,182. Before him are Barry Corbin (1940), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Herman Cain (1945), Thomas Hampson (1955), Betty Holberton (1917), and Christine Lahti (1950). After him are Lori Loughlin (1964), Ben Hogan (1912), Tommy Rettig (1941), Jed Allan (1935), Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), and Tori Spelling (1973).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Michael Kremer ranks 91. Before him are Paul Sweezy (1910), Arthur Laffer (1940), Gordon Tullock (1922), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), Max O. Lorenz (1876), and Robert Barro (1944). After him are Seth Godin (1960), Lawrence Summers (1954), Anna Schwartz (1915), Robert Rubin (1938), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), and Walter Block (1941).

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