Shlomo Yitzhaki (economist)

Shlomo Yitzhaki (Hebrew: שלמה יצחקי; 17 January 1944 – 17 April 2023) was an Israeli economist and the Sam M. Cohodas Professor Emeritus of Agricultural economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2002 to 2012 he served as the chief statistician and director of the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.

This article is about the economist. For the medieval French rabbi and Torah commentator, see Rashi.

Shlomo Yitzhaki
Born(1944-01-17)17 January 1944
Baghdad, Iraq
Died17 April 2023(2023-04-17) (aged 79)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationEconomist
SpouseRuhama Yitzhaki
ChildrenGuy, Nili

Life and career

Yitzhaki was born on 17 January 1944.[1] He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the Hebrew University in 1976. He spent a year as a visiting scholar at Harvard University, and then returned to Jerusalem as a lecturer in 1977. From 1981 to 1982 he worked as a research economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 1982 he returned to academia as a senior lecturer at Hebrew University, where he remained until his death. He joined the faculty as an associate professor in 1990, and earned his tenure in 1993. In 2008 he was granted emeritus status.[2]

Yitzhaki first consulted as an economist at the World Bank in 1986, and was appointed director of the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2002.[2] He represented Israel at the International Statistical Institute.[3] He also consulted with the governments of many developing nations and was considered a "world-class expert" regarding the design of tax systems. In 2008 he chaired the Yitzhaki Committee examining the rise of poverty in Israel.

Yitzhaki died on 17 April 2023, at the age of 79.[4]

Publications

The following partial list of publications is largely taken from the Hebrew University Faculty Directory.[2]

References
  1. National Library of Israel Authority file.
  2. "Hebrew University Faculty Directory". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. "International Statistical Institute - Israel". Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. הלך לעולמו פרופ' שלמה יצחקי Archived 17 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)


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