A B Atkinson

Datos Biográficos

ID147745
NOMBREA B Atkinson
NOMBRESA B
APELLIDOAtkinson
FIRMAATKINSON A B
AFILIACIONESLondon School of Economics and Political Science
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS79
TOTAL DE CITAS440
TOTAL COMO AUTOR77
TOTAL COMO EDITOR2
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1968
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
ÍNDICE H10

  • Top incomes in South Africa in the twentieth century

    Open AccessFacundo Alvaredo, A B AtkinsonARTICLECliometrica2021

    There have been important studies of recent income inequality and of poverty in South Africa, but very little is known about the long-run trends over time. There is speculation about the extent of inequality when the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, but no hard evidence. In this paper, we provide evidence that is partial—being confined to top incomes—but which for the first time shows how the income distribution changed on a (near) annua…

  • Poverty Comparisons

    Martin Ravallion, A B AtkinsonBOOKPoverty Comparisons2017

    First published in 1994. Drawing on a personal network, an economist can still relatively easily stay well informed in the narrow field in which he works, but to keep up with the development of economics as a whole is a much more formidable challenge. Economics are confronted with difficulties associated with the rapid development of their discipline. There is a risk of ‘balkanization’ in economics, which may not be favorable to its development. …

  • Pareto and the Upper Tail of the Income Distribution in the UK

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEEconomica2017Citada por: 1Referencias: 29

    The Pareto distribution has long been a source of fascination to economists, and the Pareto coefficient is widely used, in theoretical and empirical studies, as a summary of the degree of concentration of top incomes. This paper examines the empirical evidence from income tax data concerning top incomes in the UK , contrasting the dramatic changes that took place in the twentieth century, after 1918, with the much more modest changes in the prece…

  • After Piketty

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology2014Citada por: 16Referencias: 14

    In this paper, I take Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty as the starting point for a set of twelve policy proposals that could bring about a genuine shift in the distribution of income towards less inequality. In designing the set of proposals, I draw on the experience of reducing inequality in postwar Europe and on an analysis as to how the economic circumstances are now different in the twenty-first century, highlighting the …

  • Public Economics after The Idea of Justice

    A B AtkinsonARTICLEJournal of Human Development2012Citada por: 1Referencias: 12

    In this first lecture in honour of Amartya Sen, I examine the lessons that can be drawn from The Idea of Justice for public economics and the extent to which public economics has already moved in the direction advocated by Sen. More specifically, I focus on the current fiscal austerity programmes, and how the tools of public economics can be used to contribute to public reasoning about such programmes. I argue that they can help us think about th…

  • Human Development and Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion as Part of the Policy Process

    Open AccessA B Atkinson, Eric MarlierARTICLEIndian Journal of Human Development2011

  • The Distribution of Top Earnings in the UK since the Second World War

    Open AccessA B Atkinson, Sarah VoitchovskyARTICLEEconomica2011Citada por: 3Referencias: 15

    Much of the change in individual earnings has occurred at the top. This paper provides new evidence about the earnings distribution in the UK. The evidence is new in that it provides detail about what has happened within the top 10%, covering groups such as the top 1% and the top 0.5%. The aim is to set the recent rise in top earnings in historical perspective, and to make international comparisons. The evidence is new in that it covers the whole…

  • Indicators of poverty and social exclusion in a global context

    Open AccessEric Marlier, A B AtkinsonARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…2010Citada por: 35Referencias: 3

    The measurement of poverty and social exclusion is analytically and operationally relevant at all levels of policymaking. Here our focus is on national governments making policy in a global or multinational context such as the European Union (EU). In this process, social indicators are playing a growing role, and we need to stand back and examine their construction and use. In this paper, we argue on the basis of EU experience for a principle‐bas…

  • Factor shares

    A B AtkinsonARTICLEOxford Review of Economic Policy2009

    This paper identifies three reasons for studying factor shares: to make a link between incomes at the macroeconomic level (national accounts) and incomes at the level of the household; to help understand inequality in the personal distribution of income; and to address the concern of social justice with the fairness of different sources of income. In each case, I explore the implications and point to ways in which the analysis could be taken forw…

  • Economics as a Moral Science

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEEconomica2009Citada por: 8Referencias: 16

    Economists frequently make judgments about economic welfare, but there is today little discussion of the foundations of welfare economics. It is assumed either that there is unanimity of interests, or that there is general acceptance of utilitarianism. This means that economics cannot address many key policy issues and that important differences in ethical views cannot be recognized. This paper argues that it is a legitimate exercise of economic …

  • More on the measurement of inequality

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEThe Journal of Economic Inequality2008Citada por: 5Referencias: 1

  • Top Incomes Over the Twentieth Century

    A B Atkinson, Thomas PikettyBOOKTop Incomes over the Twentieth…2007

    Based on a pioneering research programme on the evolution of top incomes, this volume brings together studies from 10 OECD countries. This rapidly growing field of economic research investigates the top segment of the income distribution by using data from income tax records over the past century. As well as describing the source data and methods employed, the authors also discuss the dramatic changes that have occurred at the top of the income s…

  • Top Incomes in the Netherlands over the Twentieth Century1

    WIEMER SALVERDA, A B AtkinsonCHAPTERTop Incomes over the Twentieth…2007

    As a contrast to the rising income inequality in Anglo-Saxon countries (Chapters 4 to 8), the Netherlands (NL) is of particular interest. After attaining very high levels of unemployment in the early 1980s, it has seen an impressive growth of employment, and its unemployment rate has become closer to that of the US than to the EU average. It is natural to ask how far this change has involved increased inequality in market incomes. The development…

  • The EU and Social Inclusion

    Open AccessEric Marlier, A B Atkinson et al.BOOKEU and Social Inclusion2006

    Teenage parenthood is recognised as a significant disadvantage in western industrialised nations. It has been found to increase the likelihood of poverty and reinforce inequalities. This book explores the links between welfare state provision and teenage reproductive behaviour across a range of countries with differing welfare regimes.

  • The EU and social inclusion

    Eric Marlier, A B Atkinson et al.CHAPTER2006

    This book has sought to provide an analysis of the challenges facing the Social Inclusion Process and how it can be taken forward, in a context in which the interdependence of the European Union's economic, employment, social, and environmental goals is to the fore. The importance of ensuring close links between the Social Protection and Social Inclusion Process and the revised Lisbon agenda on jobs and growth has been made clear, with active soc…

  • Taking forward the EU Social Inclusion Process

    Eric Marlier, A B Atkinson et al.CHAPTER2006

    This chapter considers the challenge of advancing the Social Inclusion Process in the context of the re-focused Lisbon Strategy, and of embedding the Process in domestic policies and implementing a social-inclusion mainstreaming through establishing a scheme of systematic policy assessments at EU, national, and sub-national levels. It proposes the setting of targets, fundamentally restructured NAPs/inclusion, and working towards more ‘joined-up’ …

  • Funding the Millennium Development Goals

    Open AccessA B Atkinson, Alan AtkinsonARTICLEEuropean Review2006Citada por: 1

    The UN commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 poses a major challenge. It is, first and foremost, a political challenge to wealthy countries, to provide the necessary transfer of resources, and to developing countries, to make effective use of these transfers. But it is also an intellectual challenge, to economists and other scientists, to better understand the processes by which the MDGs can be achieved. This art…

  • The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)

    A B AtkinsonARTICLESocio-Economic Review2004Citada por: 3

    Internationally comparable data are essential to our understanding of income inequality and its impact on our societies. The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) has played a key role in raising to a new level such comparative analysis, and its collection of microdata has been used by a wide range of social scientists. The contribution of LIS over the past 20 years can be seen from the fact that there is now a broadly agreed picture of the differences i…

  • Multidimensional Deprivation

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEThe Journal of Economic Inequality2003Citada por: 93Referencias: 2

  • Social Europe and Social Science

    Open AccessA B Atkinson, Abbye AtkinsonARTICLESocial Policy and Society2003

    Social policy in the European Union has developed rapidly in recent years, following the 2000 Lisbon Summit and the subsequent adoption of National Action Plans on Social Inclusion and a set of common social indicators for all Member States. This paper describes European initiatives and examines the role played by social science research in these developments. It refers specifically to the role of theory and conceptual analysis, to the availabili…

  • Social Indicators

    A B Atkinson, Tony Atkinson et al.BOOKSocial indicators2002

    Social indicators are an important tool for evaluating a country's level of social development and for assessing the impact of policy. Such indicators are already in use in investigating poverty and social exclusion in several European countries and have begun to play a significant role in advancing the social dimension of the EU as a whole. The purpose of this book is to make a scientific contribution to the development of social indicators for …

  • Handbook of income distribution

    A B AtkinsonBOOKHandbook of income distribution2000

  • Bringing Income Distribution in From the Cold

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEThe Economic Journal1997Citada por: 73

    Journal Article Bringing Income Distribution in From the Cold Get access A. B. Atkinson A. B. Atkinson Nuffield College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 107, Issue 441, 1 March 1997, Pages 297–321, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-0133.1997.159.x Published: 24 November 2003

  • Incomes and the Welfare State

    Open AccessA B Atkinson, Anthony B Atkinson et al.BOOKIncomes and the Welfare State1996

    The Welfare State is a key policy issue of the 1990s. The essays in this book depart from much of the recent economic debate in emphasising the positive contributions of the Welfare State, and in assessing its efficiency in relation to the objectives which it is intended to achieve. These objectives are not just the alleviation of poverty but more broadly the provision of security and the redistribution of income. Part A of the book sets the curr…

  • The Case for a Participation Income

    Open AccessA B AtkinsonARTICLEThe Political Quarterly1996Citada por: 57