| Reuben Gronau | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economic sociology Labour economics |
| Institution | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacob Mincer Gary Becker |
| Awards | Jacob Mincer Award (2008) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Reuben Gronau (Hebrew: ראובן גרונאו; born 1937) is an Israeli economist, notable for his contributions to labour economics and economic sociology, in particular the Gronau model of time allocation and home production.
Biography
Reuven Gronau was born in Tel Aviv.
He studied economics at the Hebrew University and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1960 and 1963. He continued his studies at Columbia University and in 1967 received a Ph.D. in economics under supervision of Jacob Mincer and Gary Becker, with a thesis on transport economics.
In 1967 he joined the faculty of the Hebrew University in the Economics Department, and in 1979 was appointed a full professor.
In 2005, Gronau was awarded the Michael Landau Prize in Israeli Economics by the Council for the Study of Israel and Zionist History.
References
- Gronau, Reuben (1977). "Leisure, Home Production, and Work—the Theory of the Allocation of Time Revisited" (PDF). Journal of Political Economy. 85 (6): 1099–1123. doi:10.1086/260629. JSTOR 1837419. S2CID 862298.
- Gronau, Reuben (1970). "The Effect of Traveling Time on the Demand for Passenger Transportation". Journal of Political Economy. 78 (2): 377–394. doi:10.1086/259635. JSTOR 1830696. S2CID 154637374.
- "The Bogen Family Department of Economics". en.economics.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- "Something went wrong..." www.bio.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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