Sagiri Kitao
Japanese economist
Sagiri Kitao (北尾 早霧, Kitao Sagiri, born 1972) is a Japanese economist and professor at University of Tokyo.
Sagiri Kitao | |
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| 北尾 早霧 | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Institution | Keio University City University of New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York University of Southern California |
| Field | Macroeconomics Public policy Social security |
| Alma mater | New York University (Ph.D. 2007) Harvard University (M.P.A./I.D. 2001) Waseda University (B.A. 1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas J. Sargent Gianluca Violante |
| Awards | Nakahara Prize (2016) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Career change
Kitao was born on 1972 , in Saitama, Japan. She graduated from Waseda University in 1996. She worked for Goldman Sachs for several years.
She earned a M.P.A./I.D. (Master in Public Administration/International Development) from Harvard Kennedy School in 2001. She received a Ph.D. from New York University in 2007.
Kitao was an assistant professor at University of Southern California (2007-2009). Next, she was an associate professor at City University of New York (2011-2015). She is now a professor at University of Tokyo.
She won the Nakahara Prize for young Japanese economists in 2016. She is the first woman to win the prize.[1]
References change
- ↑ "The Nakahara Prize Winners". The Japanese Economic Association. Retrieved 1 August 2016.