Zvi Griliches

Who is this?

Hirsh Zvi Griliches ( GRIL-i-kəs; 12 September 1930 – 4 November 1999) 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.

Career

1. 1930
   Born
2. 1964
   Won Fellow of the Econometric Society
3. 1965
   Won John Bates Clark Medal
4. 1965
   Won Fellow of the American Statistical Association
5. 1975
   Member of National Academy of Sciences
6. 1990
   Won Guggenheim Fellowship
7. 1999
   Passed away
8. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
9. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science
10. Won Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Kaunas
• •Citizenship: Lithuania, United States
• •Known as: economist, statistician, university teacher