Michael Kremer | |
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 Kremer in 2020 | |
| Born | Michael Robert Kremer November 12, 1964 New York City, U.S.[1] |
| Spouse | Rachel Glennerster |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Development economics Health economics |
| Institutions | |
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| Doctoral advisor | Robert Barro • Eric Maskin • Greg Mankiw |
| Doctoral students | Edward Miguel • Seema Jayachandran • Karthik Muralidharan • Nava Ashraf • Benjamin Olken • Dina Pomeranz • Emily Oster • Asim Ijaz Khwaja |
| Contributions | O-ring theory of economic development • Randomized controlled trials |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Economics (2019) MacArthur Fellowship (1997) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Two Essays on Economic Growth (1992) |
Michael Robert Kremer (born November 12, 1964)[2] 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.[3][4] Kremer formerly served as the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University, a role he held from 2003 to 2020.[4] In 2019, Kremer was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee,[5] "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."[6]
In addition to his academic appointments, Kremer is the co-founder of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD),[4] a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[4] and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[7] In 2008, he was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society.[3] Kremer is also the Scientific Director of Development Innovation Ventures,[4] a program of the United States Agency for International Development aimed at maximizing the impact of development spending through rigorous impact evaluation.[8]
- ^ "Michael Kremer – Facts – 2019". nobelprize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Michael Kremer | Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics". University of Chicago Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Michael Kremer | The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy". University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Wearden, Graeme (October 14, 2019). "Nobel Prize in Economics won by Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019" (PDF) (Press release). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 14, 2019 – via nobelprize.org.
- ^ "Michael Kremer". NBER. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ McDonough, Siobhan (August 1, 2022). "The US spends billions on foreign aid. But it doesn't know how much good our money is doing". Vox. Retrieved November 15, 2023.