About Jacob Metzer
Born 1942. Jacob Metzer is an Israeli economist and economic historian, known for Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Open University of Israel.
Jacob (Kobi) Metzer (Hebrew: יעקב (קובי) מצר; born 1942) is an Israeli economic historian who is the Alexander Brody Emeritus Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the eighth President of the Open University of Israel.
Biography Metzer completed his undergraduate degree in economics and history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1967, and received his master's (1969) and doctorate (1972) in economics from the University of Chicago. Metzer is an economic historian and a substantial part of his research has been devoted to the economy of Mandatory Palestine and Israel, and to economic aspects of ethno-nationality and settler societies.
In 2013 Metzer was appointed to serve as the eighth President of the Open University of Israel, replacing Professor Hagit Messer Yaron.
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Israeli economic historian
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Jacob Metzer was born in 1942.
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Jacob Metzer is an economist and economic historian.
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Jacob Metzer is known for Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Open University of Israel.
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Jacob Metzer is Israeli.
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