Background
Tinbergen, Jan was born on April 12, 1903 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Son of Dirk Cornelis and Jeannette (Van Eek) Tinbergen.
Tinbergen, Jan was born on April 12, 1903 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Son of Dirk Cornelis and Jeannette (Van Eek) Tinbergen.
D. Physics, SLeiden U., 1929;
honorary degree D.Econs., university of Helsinki, Durham, Amsterdam, Freiburg, Lisbon, Brussels, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Oslo,, 1929;
honorary degree D.Econs., university of Paris, Bilbao, Ghent, Kiel, Bordeaux, Turin, Cluj, Cambridge, 1929.
Statistician Central Bureau Statistics, The Hague, 1929—1945. Temporarily attaches to League of Nations Secretariat, 1936—1938. Director government Center Planning Business, The Netherlands, 1945—1955.
Professor The Netherlands School of Economics (not Erasmus University), Rotterdam, 1933—1973. Consultant United Nations, World Bank, The Netherlands, Surinam, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Venezuela. Research director 20th Century Fund, 1960—1962.
January Tinbergen has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.
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Member of Royal Statistical Society, American Economic Association, Econometric Society, French Academy of Sciences, British Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Sciences, Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences.
Economics planning, developement, income distribution. Languages.
Married Tine Johanna de Wit, July 19, 1929 (deceased). Children: Tine (Mistress Adriaan M. Van Peski) (deceased), Elsje (Mistress Maurits J. Barendrecht), Hanneke (Mistress Steven Hoentjen), Marianne.