Sagiri Kitao

Sagiri Kitao
Native name 北尾 早霧
Born 1972 (age 45–46)
Saitama, Japan
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

Sagiri Kitao (北尾 早霧, Kitao Sagiri, born 1972) is a Japanese economist and professor at University of Tokyo.

Career

Kitao was born on 1972 , in Saitama, Japan. She graduated from Waseda University in 1996. She worked for Goldman Sachs for several years.

She took her M.P.A./I.D. (Master in Public Administration/International Development) from Harvard Kennedy School in 2001, and her Ph.D. from New York University in 2007 under supervision of Thomas J. Sargent and Gianluca Violante.

Kitao served as an assistant professor at University of Southern California (2007-2009), then as an associate professor at City University of New York (2011-2015). She is currently a professor at University of Tokyo.

She was awarded the Nakahara Prize in 2016, became the first woman awarded the prize.[1]

Selected publications

  • Attanasio, Orazio; Kitao, Sagiri; Violante, Giovanni L. (2007). "Global demographic trends and social security reform". Journal of Monetary Economics. 54 (1): 144–198. doi:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.010.
  • Conesa, Juan Carlos; Kitao, Sagiri; Krueger, Dirk (2009). "Taxing Capital? Not a Bad Idea after All!". American Economic Review. 99 (1): 25–48. doi:10.1257/aer.99.1.25.

References

  1. ↑ "The Nakahara Prize Winners". The Japanese Economic Association. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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