Michael Kremer
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 59 |
| Date of birth | November 12,1964 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | United States Of America |
| Influenced | Esther Duflo |
| Fields | Development economics |
| Health economics | |
| Job | Economist |
| Books | Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases |
| Economic Transformation, Population Growth, and the Long-Run World Income Distribution | |
| School Meals, Educational Achievement, and School Competition: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation | |
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| ID | 566288 |
Michael Kremer Life story
Michael Robert Kremer is an American development economist, who is currently the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University.
Nobel economics prize awarded to Claudia Goldin for work on gender pay gap
... In 2019 Esther Duflo shared the award with her husband Abhijit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer, for work that focused on poor communities in India and Kenya...
News Daily: Hong Kong stand-off continues, and Attenborough sees plastics change
... But Prof Esther Duflo of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who alongside her MIT colleague and husband Prof Abhijit Banerjee, and Harvard s Prof Michael Kremer, has certainly come off the fence in a new book that hits out at some of economists prized myths...
Why did the economists get things wrong
... But the Prof Duflo, who in addition to her colleague and husband, Prof Abhijit Banerjee and Harvard Professor Michael Kremer, certainly from the fence in a new book that hits on some economists estimated myths...
What is it like to work with someone, you are married?
... Then Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel prize for economic Sciences, together with colleagues Michael Kremer...
Nobel economics prize winner hopes to inspire women
... Prof Duflo was part of a trio, alongside her husband Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer, to win the prize...
Nobel economics prize awarded to Claudia Goldin for work on gender pay gap
This year's Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin , an American economic historian, for her work On Women 's employment and pay.
Prof Goldin's research uncovered key drivers behind the gender pay gap, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
She is only the third woman to receive The Prize , and The First to not share the award with male colleagues.
Prof Goldin currently teaches labour market history at Harvard University in the US.
She had " advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes" the Swedish Academy of Sciences said, pointing to her work examining 200 years of data on the US workforce, showing how and why gender differences in earnings and employment rates changed over time.
" This year's Laureate in the Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin , provided The First comprehensive account of women's earnings and labour market participation through the centuries, " The Prize -giving body said in a statement.
" Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of The Remaining gender gap. "
On her website she also publishes a blog about her dog, Pika, a Golden Retriever .
The economics prize is different to the original prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, which were established by Alfred Nobel and first awarded in 1901.
The Prize for economics was established in 1968 and funded by Sweden's Central Bank .
Elinor Ostrom , which she was awarded jointly with Oliver E Williamson for research on economic governance.
In 2019 Esther Duflo shared the award with her husband Abhijit Banerjee , and Michael Kremer , for work that focused on poor communities in India and Kenya.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
