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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 400,445 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Michael Kremer is the 298th most popular economist (down from 279th in 2019), the 6,359th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,113th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Kremers by language

Over the past year Michael Kremer has had the most page views in the with 40,347 views, followed by French (5,080), and Spanish (4,961). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (61.31%), Serbian (55.16%), and Tamil (51.06%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Michael Kremer ranks 298 out of 414. Before him are Zbigniew Messner, Ludwig Lachmann, Yulia Navalnaya, Philippe Van Parijs, Pedro Solbes, and Gottfried Haberler. After him are Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Deirdre McCloskey, Mark Blaug, Karl Knies, David Landes, and Charles P. Kindleberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Michael Kremer ranks 217. Before him are Vreni Schneider, Minami Takayama, Lori Loughlin, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Vinnie Paul, and Saud Al-Shuraim. After him are José Bordalás, Maxim Kontsevich, Luciano Floridi, Sven Väth, Penelope Ann Miller, and Goran Karan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Kremer ranks 6,359 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Anderson (1932), Michael Lerner (1941), Mary McCarthy (1912), Priscilla Lane (1915), Masten Gregory (1932), and Bernard Nathanson (1926). After him are Lynn Conway (1938), Jane Greer (1924), Wendell Willkie (1892), Barbara La Marr (1896), Harold D. Babcock (1882), and Hunter Tylo (1962).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Michael Kremer ranks 97. Before him are Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Gordon Tullock (1922), Herman Daly (1938), Max O. Lorenz (1876), Anthony Downs (1930), and Seth Godin (1960). After him are Deirdre McCloskey (1942), David Landes (1924), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Anna Schwartz (1915), Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), and Walter Block (1941).

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