When was Zvi Griliches born?

Zvi Griliches was born on 12 September 1930 in Kaunas.

What positions has Zvi Griliches held?

Positions held by Zvi Griliches include: president.

Where did Zvi Griliches study?

Zvi Griliches was educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago.

Zvi Griliches

Jewish-American econometrician (*1930 – †1999)

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Hirsh Zvi Griliches was a Lithuanian-born economist at Harvard University. Zvi Griliches's works concerned mostly the economics of technological change, including empirical studies of diffusion of innovations and the roles of R&D, patents, and education. In 2023, he had 126 publications listed in Web of Science and a Hirsch index of 49, which places him into 2% of the most productive economics professors in the United States.

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Born: 12 September 1930 wd
Place of birth: Kaunas wd
Died: 4 November 1999 wd
Place of death: Cambridge wd
Citizenship: Lithuania, United States wd
Occupation: economist, statistician, university teacher wd
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago wd

Positions held wd

president

Awards wd

Guggenheim Fellowship (1990)
John Bates Clark Medal (1965)
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Fellow of the Econometric Society (1964)
Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1965)
Fisher-Schultz Lecture

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When was Zvi Griliches born?: Zvi Griliches was born on 12 September 1930 in Kaunas.
What positions has Zvi Griliches held?: Positions held by Zvi Griliches include: president.
Where did Zvi Griliches study?: Zvi Griliches was educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago.

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