Tinbergen, Jan Syllabification: (Tin·ber·gen, Jan)Pronunciation: /ˈtinˌbergə(n)/Definition of Tinbergen, Jan (1903–94), Dutch economist. A pioneer in econometrics, he was the brother of zoologist Nikolaas Tinbergen. Nobel Prize for Economics (1969), shared with Ragnar Frisch. Tinbergen, Jan in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Tinbergen, Jan in the British & World English dictionary
