Hirofumi Uzawa (宇澤弘文, born 1928) is a
JapaneseThe are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as...
economistAn economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
,
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of Tokyo University, and a member of the Japan Academy.
Uzawa was born in
Yonago, Tottoriis a city located in the northwest of Tottori, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture....
. He majored in
mathematicsMathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....
at
University of TokyoThe , abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano...
, and went on to its graduate school, obtaining a doctorate in Mathematics. He went to study Economics at
Stanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university located in Stanford, California, United States...
in 1956 with
Fulbright fellowshipThe Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright....
, and became an assistant, then assistant professor, and then associate professor at Stanford. He afterwards was assistant professor at the
University of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines...
and
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at the
University of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private, coeducational research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by oil magnate and benefactor John D...
, and later assumed the position of professor of the Department of Economics at Tokyo University in 1969.
Hirofumi Uzawa (宇澤弘文, born 1928) is a
JapaneseThe are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as...
economistAn economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
,
professor emeritusA Professor Emeritus is a full professor who retires in good standing. While technically this is the term for a male and women are known as Professor Emerita, women such as Germaine Greer are known by the masculine title. This title is also given to retired professors who continue to teach and to...
of Tokyo University, and a member of the Japan Academy.
Uzawa was born in
Yonago, Tottoriis a city located in the northwest of Tottori, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture....
. He majored in
mathematicsMathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....
at
University of TokyoThe , abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano...
, and went on to its graduate school, obtaining a doctorate in Mathematics. He went to study Economics at
Stanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university located in Stanford, California, United States...
in 1956 with
Fulbright fellowshipThe Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright....
, and became an assistant, then assistant professor, and then associate professor at Stanford. He afterwards was assistant professor at the
University of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines...
and
professorThe meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual...
at the
University of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private, coeducational research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by oil magnate and benefactor John D...
, and later assumed the position of professor of the Department of Economics at Tokyo University in 1969. He also taught at
Niigata UniversityNiigata University is a national university in Niigata, Japan, founded in 1949. It has the origin in Niigata government-owned Medical College of establishment in 1921 with the old system Niigata high school of establishment in 1919...
,
Chuo University, literally Central University, is a private university in Tokyo, renowned for its law school. It is one of the most prestigious schools in Japan. The University has three campuses at Tama for arts, at Korakuen for science, and at Ichigaya for law. Chuo University has six faculties, ten graduate...
, and
United Nations UniversityThe ' which is a United Nations agency, is a think tank for the United Nations and the member states, and was established in Tokyo in 1969 to "research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its agencies"...
.
Uzawa is currently serving as senior faeroe at the social, commonness, and capital research center of
Doshisha University, or is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It has 24,000 students on three campuses, in faculties of theology, letters, law, commerce, economics, policy, and engineering. It also has graduate programs in American studies and policy and management...
. He held the position of the chairman of the
Econometric SocietyThe Econometric Society, an International Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory in its Relation with Statistics and Mathematics was founded on December 29, 1930 at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio....
from 1976 to 1977. He became a member of the Japan Academy in 1989. He has been row in Japanese Culture Merit in 1983, and won the Order of Culture in 1997.
Uzawa initiated the field of
mathematical economicsMathematical economics refers to the application of mathematical methods to represent economic theories and analyze problems posed in economics. It allows formulation and derivation of key relationships in a theory with clarity, generality, rigor, and simplicity...
in postwar days and formulated the growth theory of
neoclassical economicsNeoclassical economics is a term variously used for approaches to economics focusing on the determination of prices, outputs, and income distributions in markets through supply and demand, often as mediated through a hypothesized maximization of income-constrained utility by individuals and of...
. This is reflected in the Uzawa two-sector growth model and the Uzawa condition, among others.
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