Sagiri Kitao

is a Japanese economist and professor at University of Tokyo.

 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 earned a M.P.A./I.D. (Master in Public Administration/International Development) from Harvard Kennedy School in 2001. She received a Ph.D. from New York University in 2007.

Kitao was an assistant professor at University of Southern California (2007-2009). Next, she was an associate professor at City University of New York (2011-2015). She is now a professor at University of Tokyo.

She won the Nakahara Prize for young Japanese economists in 2016. She is the first woman to win the prize.

 References 

 Other websites 
  Sagiri Kitao's personal website
 Researcher page at National Bureau of Economic Research

Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Saitama Prefecture
Category:Japanese economists
Category:New York University alumni
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Waseda University alumni