Sagiri Kitao

Sagiri Kitao
北尾 早霧
Born	1972 (age 51–52) Saitama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Academic career
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 Keio University.

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. She was advised by 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's currently a professor at Keio University.

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

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.

External links

• Sagiri Kitao's personal website
• Faculty profile at Keio University
• Researcher page at National Bureau of Economic Research