# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/g-sta-esping-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:26.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/g-sta-esping-andersen"
name: "Gøsta Esping-Andersen"
slug: "g-sta-esping-andersen"
description: "Gøsta Esping-Andersen is a Danish sociologist whose primary focus has been on the welfare state and its place in capitalist economies. Jacob Hacker describes him as the \"dean of welfare state scholars\". Over the past decade his research has moved towards family demographic issues. A synthesis of his work was published as Families in the 21st Century."
tagline: "Danish sociologist (born 1947)"
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birthDate: "1947-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump