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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Economics (81) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1971 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1901 (10) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Belarus (4) Pinsk (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1985 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Massachusetts (29) Cambridge (8) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) S (39) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) K (52) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) S (10) Simon (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 71 (22) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Social Scientists and Related Workers (87) Economists (76) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) Massachusetts (62) Harvard University (38) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) Maryland (46) Baltimore (36) Johns Hopkins University (36) Long-term academic staff (14) Pennsylvania (56) Philadelphia (35) University of Pennsylvania (35) Long-term academic staff (14) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Long-term academic staff (53) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Alumni (43) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) American Philosophical Society (126) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (41) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Econometric Society (72) complete name: Simon Kuznets nobel prize: economics award year: 1971 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1971 was awarded to Simon Kuznets "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." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: Simon family name: Kuznets occupation: economist occupation: statistician work location: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America description: Simon Kuznets was an American economist, statistician, demographer, and economic historian who received the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "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". Kuznets made a decisive contribution to the transformation of economics into an empirical science and to the formation of quantitative economic history. pronunciation: (/kʊzˈnɛts/, /ˈkʌznɛts/; Russian: Семён Абра́мович Кузне́ц; IPA: [sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kʊzʲˈnʲɛts]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1971. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1971/summary/> date birth: 1901 date death: 1985 usual name: Simon Kuznets