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Ester Boserup

1910 - 1999

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Ester Boserup (18 May 1910 – 24 September 1999) was a Danish economist. She studied economic and agricultural development, worked at the United Nations as well as other international organizations, and wrote seminal books on agrarian change and the role of women in development. Boserup is known for her theory of agricultural intensification, also known as Boserup's theory, which posits that population change drives the intensity of agricultural production. Her position countered the Malthusian theory that agricultural methods determine population via limits on food supply. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ester Boserup is the 370th most popular economist (down from 351st in 2024), the 640th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ester Boserup ranks 370 out of 414. Before her are Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Rose Friedman, Ariel Rubinstein, Masaaki Shirakawa, Martin Feldstein, and John B. Taylor. After her are Pier Carlo Padoan, Paul Craig Roberts, Ha-Joon Chang, Sevil Shhaideh, Richard Florida, and Urjit Patel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ester Boserup ranks 380. Before her are Shunkichi Hamada, Aileen Meagher, Marion Roper, David Lack, Vittorio Tamagnini, and Emily Hood Westacott. After her are Carl Knowles, Vasile Chiroiu, Mae Clarke, Vere Bird, Margaret Lindsay, and William D'Amico. Among people deceased in 1999, Ester Boserup ranks 295. Before her are Rolf Landauer, João Carlos de Oliveira, Hoyt Axton, Władysław Hasior, Roderick Chisholm, and Boris Kuznetsov. After her are Bailey Olter, Hillary Brooke, Jackson C. Frank, Vere Bird, Marshall Wayne, and Big L.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ester Boserup ranks 640 out of 1,032. Before her are Jac Nellemann (1944), Anders Peter Nielsen (1867), Jens Galschiøt (1954), Prince Nikolai of Denmark (1999), Per Stig Møller (1942), and Mikkel Følsgaard (1984). After her are Viggo Jensen (1947), Kasper Hjulmand (1972), Ole Kjær (1954), Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), Mads Pedersen (1995), and Connie Hedegaard (1960).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Denmark

Among economists born in Denmark, Ester Boserup ranks 3. Before her are Inger Andersen (1958), and Bjørn Lomborg (1965).

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