

Michael Kremer
University Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and Director of the Development Innovation Lab
Michael Kremer is a University Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and Director of the Development Innovation Lab. He is the 2019 co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Kremer’s recent research examines education, health, water, and agriculture in developing countries.
Recent work by Michael Kremer
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Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits, for this generation and the next
As countries in Sub-Saharan Africa debate the costs and benefits of subsidising secondary education, a 15-year RCT in Ghana finds large multi-generation impacts.
Published 17.02.25
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Harnessing the benefits of digital agriculture for smallholder farmers in East Africa
An evaluation of six different text-message-based agricultural extension programmes, that collectively reached over 128,000 farmers in Kenya and Rwanda, shows that while the impacts of text messages are modest, they can be an extremely cost-effective...
Published 06.12.24
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Using behavioural economics in development policy
Can the burgeoning field of behavioural economics provide important insights into development issues?
Published 29.01.20