Jan Tinbergen

Jan Tinbergen
Tinbergen in 1982
Born(1903-04-12)12 April 1903
The Hague, Netherlands
Died9 June 1994(1994-06-09) (aged 91)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materLeiden University
Known forFirst national macroeconomic model
AwardsErasmus Prize (1967)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1969)
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics, econometrics
InstitutionsErasmus University
Doctoral advisorPaul Ehrenfest
Doctoral studentsTjalling Koopmans
Hans van den Doel
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Ashok Mitra

Jan Tinbergen (/ˈtɪnbɜːrɡən/ TIN-bur-gən, Dutch: [jɑn ˈtɪmbɛrɣə(n)]; 12 April 1903 – 9 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of econometrics.[1][2][3][4]

His important contributions to econometrics include the development of the first macroeconometric models, the solution of the identification problem, and the understanding of dynamic models.[3] Tinbergen was a founding trustee of Economists for Peace and Security. In 1945, he founded the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) and was the agency's first director.

  1. ^ Dekker, Erwin (2021). Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-85320-0.
  2. ^ Dekker, Erwin (2022). "An "Ordo-Thinker" on the Left: Jan Tinbergen on the National and International Economic Order". History of Political Economy. 54 (4): 689–718. doi:10.1215/00182702-9895888. ISSN 0018-2702. S2CID 248839847.
  3. ^ a b Magnus, Jan & Mary S. Morgan (1987) The ET Interview: Professor J. Tinbergen in: 'Econometric Theory 3, 1987, 117-142.
  4. ^ Willlekens, Frans (2008) International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates. New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons: 117.