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Also known as Michael Robert Kremer, Michael R. Kremer, Michael R Kremer, M. R. Kremer, M R Kremer, M. Kremer, M Kremer, Kremer

American development economist

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Michael Kremer is an American economist and university teacher born in New York City in 1964. He works in the fields of development economics and health economics. Kremer received his education at Harvard University, where his doctoral advisors were Robert Barro and Eric Maskin. He has been employed by Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago.

Kremer is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Econometric Society. He has received the MacArthur Fellows Program award, the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His doctoral student includes Emily Oster.

His published works include "Wage inequality and segregation by skill," "Schools, teachers, and education outcomes in developing countries," and "Why is there no AIDS vaccine?" Kremer speaks English and identifies with Judaism.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Margaret Macdonald and Analytic Philosophy in The 1930s
  • Wage inequality and segregation by skill
  • Schools, teachers, and education outcomes in developing countries
  • Incentives to learn
  • Why is there no AIDS vaccine?

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Key facts

Born
Michael Robert Kremer , ( 1964-11-12 ) November 12, 1964 (age 61) , New York City, U.S.
Spouse
Rachel Glennerster
Alma mater
Harvard University , (AB, PhD)
Thesis
Two Essays on Economic Growth (1992)
Doctoral advisor
Robert Barro • Eric Maskin • Greg Mankiw
Discipline
Development economics , Health economics
Institutions
UChicago (2020–present) NBER (1993–present) Harvard (1999–2020) MIT (1992–1999)
Doctoral students
Edward Miguel • Seema Jayachandran • Karthik Muralidharan • Nava Ashraf • Benjamin Olken • Dina Pomeranz • Emily Oster • Asim Ijaz Khwaja
Notable ideas
O-ring theory of economic development • Randomized controlled trials
Awards
Nobel Prize in Economics (2019), MacArthur Fellowship (1997)
Website
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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Nobel Prize

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2019

    for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

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Encyclopedic overview

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. In 2008, he was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Kremer is also the Scientific Director of Development Innovation Ventures, a program of the United States Agency for International Development aimed at maximizing the impact of development spending through rigorous impact evaluation.

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