Axel Börsch-Supan

German mathematician and economist
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Summary

Axel Börsch-Supan was born on December 28, 1954[1], in Darmstadt[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3], economist[4], and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Child: Philipp Börsch-Supan[7]
  • Country of citizenship: Germany[8]
  • Field of work: economics[9]
  • Employer: Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy[10], Technical University of Munich[11]
  • Educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12], Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[13], University of Bonn[14], Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium[15]
  • Doctoral advisor: Daniel McFadden[16]
  • Student: Michael Lechner[17], Sebastian Constantin Kluth[18], Felizia Hanemann[19], Tabea Bucher-Koenen[20], Bettina Lamla[21], Johannes Rausch[22], Florian Heiss[23], Daniel Schunk[24]
  • Member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina[25], Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities[26], Austrian Academy of Sciences[27]
  • Sex or gender: male[28]
  • Doctoral student: Joachim Winter[29]
  • Given name: Axel[30]
  • Director / manager: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: German[32]
  • List of works: SHARELIFE-One century of life histories in Europe[33]
  • Name in native language: Axel Börsch-Supan[34]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[35]

Why It Matters

Axel Börsch-Supan is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

Where was Axel Börsch-Supan born?

Axel Börsch-Supan's place of birth was Darmstadt[2].

What did Axel Börsch-Supan do for work?

Axel Börsch-Supan worked as a mathematician[3], economist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Axel Börsch-Supan go to school?

Axel Börsch-Supan was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12], Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[13], University of Bonn[14], and Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium[15].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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