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I was born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 29, 1920. The high school my parents chose for me was the Lutheran Gymnasium in Budapest, one of the best schools in Hungary, with such distinguished alumni as John von Neumann and . I was very happy in this school and received a superb education. In 1937,…

Links to other sites Interview Ghysels, E., A. Hall and L.P. Hansen (2002), “Interview with Lars Peter Hansen”, Journal of Business &Economic Statistics 20 442-447. Book Lars Peter Hansen (2008), “Generalized method of moments estimation”, in S.N.Durlauf and L.E.Blume (eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition.

Born 1903, The Hague, Netherlands Education 1929, Leyden University, Doctor of Physics     Academic appointments 1933 Professor at the Netherlands School of Economics, teaching various subjects; fulltime from 1956 onwards, when subject became Development Programming Non-academic offices 1929-1945 Statistician for Business Cycle Research, Central Bureau of Statistics 1936-1938 Expert, temporarily attached to League of…

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Leo Byron Klein and Blanche (Monheit) Klein, both of whom were born in the American Middle West, had three children. I, Lawrence Klein, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, as were my elder brother and younger sister. My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school…

I was born in the Chicago, IL neighbourhood of Hyde Park on April, 1944, to my parent Bernice Irene Medley Heckman and John Jacob Heckman. I have one sister, Jean Ellen Heckman Bates, who is four years older. Although I was born near the University of Chicago, my family was not connected with it. Our…

I was born on December 26, 1940, in Glens Falls, New York, to Mathilde Helwig Prescott and William Clyde Prescott. My mother’s parents were German immigrants. My mother was forced to drop out of high school at age 16 to care for her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother. Later, she…

I was born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada on July 1, 1941. My father had ventured to Timmins, a relatively prosperous gold-mining region, to practice dentistry during the depression. My mother and her uncle established a chain of small department stores in and around Timmins. The death of her uncle resulted in a family dispute, my…