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Economics and Finance

D-Index
57
Citations
27341
World Ranking
923
National Ranking
578

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1971 - Nobel Prize for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development
  • 1971 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development
  • 1941 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1937 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Simon Kuznets was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States during their academic career. Their research contributions included publications in economic growth and development.

Among their recent papers, the following is noted:

  • Index, 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks

Frequent collaborators in their work included:

  • Alarm Phone
  • Omar Al-Bashir
  • Agha Shahid
  • Rao Hamza Ali
  • Anderson Benedict

The primary publication venue for their research outputs was Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks.

Kuznets received several professional recognitions during their lifetime, including:

  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, 1977
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1972
  • Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economics, 1971, for an empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which led to new and deepened insight into economic and social structures and development processes
  • Nobel Prize, 1971, awarded for their empirically founded interpretation of economic growth with contributions to understanding economic and social structures and development
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1941
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), 1937

Simon Kuznets is deceased. Their work remains referenced in studies of economic development and growth, reflecting contributions that have had an influence on economic and social structure research.

Best Publications

  • Economic Growth and Income Inequality

    Simon Kuznets

  • Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure and Spread

    Simon Smith Kuznets

  • Modern Economic Growth: Findings and Reflections

    Simon Kuznets

  • Modern Economic Growth

    P. Bauchet;Simon Kuznets

  • Economic Growth of Nations: Total Output and Production Structure

    Simon Smith Kuznets

  • Quantitative Aspects of the Economic Growth of Nations: VIII. Distribution of Income by Size

    Simon Kuznets

  • Economic Growth of Nations

    Unknown

  • Quantitative Aspects of the Economic Growth of Nations: II. Industrial Distribution of National Product and Labor Force

    Simon Kuznets

  • Income from Independent Professional Practice

    Milton Friedman;Simon Smith Kuznets

  • Secular Movements in Production and Prices

    Theodore J. Kreps;Simon S. Kuznets

  • Economic Growth of Nations

    Simon Kuznets

  • Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure and Spread.

    Unknown

  • S. Kuznets. Economic Growth and Structure

    Phyllis Deane;S. Kuznets

  • Economic Growth and Structure: Selected Essays

    Simon Smith Kuznets

  • Shares of Upper Income Groups in Income and Savings

    Simon Kuznets

  • National Income and Its Composition, 1919 - 1938

    Simon Smith Kuznets;Lillian Epstein;Elizabeth Jenks

  • Capital in the American Economy: Its Formation and Financing

    Simon Smith Kuznets

  • Economic Growth Of Small Nations

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  • National Income, 1929-1932

    Simon Smith Kuznets

  • Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure, and Spread

    Thomas R. de Gregori;Simon Kuznets

  • Economic Change: Selected Essays in Business Cycles, National Income, and Economic Growth.@@@Shares of Upper Income Groups in Income and Savings.

    William S. Vickrey;Simon Kuznets;Elizabeth Jenks

  • National Income and its Composition, 1919-1938.

    Simon Kuznets;Lillian Epstein;Elizabeth Jenks

  • Shares of Upper Income Groups in Income and Savings

    James Morgan;Simon Kuznets

  • Economic Growth of Nations. Total Output and Production Structure.

    W. W. Rostow;Simon Kuznets

  • Income from Independent Professional Practice.

    R. L. Anderson;Zenon Szatrowski;Milton Friedman;Simon Kuznets

Frequent Co-Authors

Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman Oregon Health & Science University
Richard A. Easterlin
Richard A. Easterlin University of Southern California
Victor R. Fuchs
Victor R. Fuchs Stanford University
E. Glen Weyl
E. Glen Weyl Microsoft (United States)
Theodore W. Schultz
Theodore W. Schultz University of Chicago
Friedrich A. von Hayek
Friedrich A. von Hayek University of Freiburg
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Joseph A. Schumpeter Harvard University
John C. Caldwell
John C. Caldwell Australian National University
Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen Erasmus University Rotterdam

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