Michael Kremer
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Michael Kremer is an American development economist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering the use of randomized controlled trials to evaluate anti-poverty programs.
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| Michael Kremer canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Kremer Context triple: [Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, coAuthor, Michael Kremer]
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Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs is a Spanish economist known for his influential research on international trade, global value chains, and firm organization, and for serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University.
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B.
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale T. Mortensen was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on search and matching theory in labor economics.
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James Heckman
James Heckman is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on econometrics and the economics of human development, particularly the importance of early childhood education and skill formation.
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Roland Fryer
Roland Fryer is an American economist known for his influential empirical research on racial inequality, education, and discrimination.
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E.
Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu is a prominent Turkish-American economist known for his influential work on political economy, institutions, and economic development, and as co-author of the book "Why Nations Fail."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Kremer Target entity description: Michael Kremer is an American development economist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering the use of randomized controlled trials to evaluate anti-poverty programs.
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A.
Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs is a Spanish economist known for his influential research on international trade, global value chains, and firm organization, and for serving as a professor of economics at Harvard University.
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B.
Dale T. Mortensen
Dale T. Mortensen was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on search and matching theory in labor economics.
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C.
James Heckman
James Heckman is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on econometrics and the economics of human development, particularly the importance of early childhood education and skill formation.
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D.
Roland Fryer
Roland Fryer is an American economist known for his influential empirical research on racial inequality, education, and discrimination.
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E.
Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu is a prominent Turkish-American economist known for his influential work on political economy, institutions, and economic development, and as co-author of the book "Why Nations Fail."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John Bates Clark Medal
NERFINISHED
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MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| familyName | Kremer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
development economics
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education economics ⓘ experimental economics ⓘ health economics ⓘ impact evaluation ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| influenced | use of RCTs in anti-poverty policy design ⓘ |
| influencedField |
development economics
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policy evaluation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
evaluating anti-poverty programs
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pioneering the use of randomized controlled trials in development economics ⓘ research on deworming in schools ⓘ research on education interventions in developing countries ⓘ research on vaccines and advance market commitments ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Kremer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Economic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty ⓘ |
| notableWork |
O-ring theory of economic development
NERFINISHED
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Randomized evaluations of educational interventions in Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
development economist
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of economics ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
education in low-income countries
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global poverty ⓘ health interventions in developing countries ⓘ |
| researchMethod | randomized controlled trials ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Abhijit Banerjee
NERFINISHED
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Esther Duflo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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subject surface form:
Esther Duflo