Zvi Griliches

Zvi Griliches
Born(1930-09-12)12 September 1930
Died4 November 1999(1999-11-04) (aged 69)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)
University of Chicago (PhD)
InfluencesArnold Harberger
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Notable ideasTheoretical and applied econometrics
AwardsJohn Bates Clark Medal (1965)
Scientific career
Thesis Hybrid corn: An exploration in economics of technological change  (1957)
Doctoral advisorTheodore Schultz
Arnold Harberger
Doctoral studentsYehuda Grunfeld
G. S. Maddala
Robert Barro
Ariel Pakes
David Neumark
Eli Berman
Website

Hirsh Zvi Griliches (/ˈɡrɪlɪkəs/ 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.