Michael Kremer

Michael Robert Kremer (born 1964 ) is an American economist. He is Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

Life

Kremer studied social studies at Harvard (AB, 1985). 1985-1986 he was a teacher at a school in Kakamega District, Kenya. From 1986 to 1989 he was Managing Director of the NGO World Teach. In 1992 he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in economics. In 1993 he went to MIT, where he was professor from 1998 to 1999. Since 1999 Kremer has been a professor at Harvard. Kremer also conducts research at the National Bureau of Economic Research, at the Brookings Institution and the Center for International Development.

Work

Kremer's research interests are education and health in developing countries, immigration, and globalization.

Publications (selection)

  • Michael Kremer (1993 ): The O -Ring Theory of Economic Development. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 108: 551-575.
  • Michael Kremer (1993 ): Population Growth and Technological Change: One Million BC to 1990 The Quarterly Journal of Economics 108:. 681-716.
  • William Easterly, Michael Kremer, Lant Pritchett, Lawrence Summers ( 1993): Good policy or good luck? Country growth performance and temporary shocks. Journal of Monetary Economics 32: 459-483.
  • Olivier Blanchard and Michael Kremer (1997): disorganization. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 112: 1091-1126.
  • Edward Miguel and Michael Kremer (2004): Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the Presence of Treatment Externalities. Econometrica 72: 159-217.
  • Michael Kremer & Rachel Glennerster: Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases. Princeton University Press, 2004. ISBN 0691121133rd
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