Michael Kremer
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- Born
- 1964-11-12
- Works
- 34
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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 84,886x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 12 November 1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Kremer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
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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