Tinbergen, Jan (yän tĭn`bĕr'gən), 1903–94, Dutch economist, co-winner with Ragnar Frisch Frisch, Ragnar (räng`när frĭsh)
..... Click the link for more information. of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1969). A graduate of Leiden Univ. (1929), he worked (1929–45) with the Dutch government's Central Bureau of Statistics, and was briefly an adviser to the League of Nations (1936–38). He also served (1945–55) as director of the Dutch central planning bureau. He was a professor (1933–73) at the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam. His publications include Economic Policy: Principles and Design (1956), Shaping the World Economy (1963), and Development Planning (1967).

Tinbergen, Jan

(born April 12, 1903, The Hague, Neth.—died June 9, 1994, The Netherlands) Dutch economist noted for his development of econometric models. For 40 years (1933–73) he taught at The Netherlands School of Economics. As economic adviser to the League of Nations (1936–38), he studied the economic development of the U.S. from 1919 to 1932, work that provided a basis for his development of business cycle theory and methods of economic stabilization. In 1969 he shared with Ragnar Frisch the first Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Nikolaas Tinbergen was his brother.