Frank Cowell
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 227931 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Frank Cowell |
| NOMBRES | Frank |
| APELLIDO | Cowell |
| FIRMA | COWELL F |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3778-2152 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 46 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 139 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1975 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
An unconsidered leave? Inequality aversion and the brexit referendum
This paper examines a behavioural explanation for the Brexit referendum result, namely the role of an individual’s inequality aversion (IA). We study whether the referendum result was an “unconsidered Leave” out of people’s low aversion to inequality. We use a representative sample of the UK population fielded in 2017, and analyse the extent to which lottery-based individual IA estimates predict their Brexit vote. We consider alternative potentia…
Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains
An individual’s inequality aversion (IA) is a central preference parameter that captures the welfare sacrifice from exposure to inequality. However, it is far from trivial how best to elicit IA estimates. Also, little is known about the behavioural determinants of IA and how they differ across domains such as income and health. Using representative surveys from England, this paper elicits comparable estimates of IA in the health and income domain…
Measuring distributional preferences
This article introduces, and puts in context, the fourteen papers in the special issue, "Inequality perceptions and fairness judgments
How does exposure to Covid-19 influence health and income inequality aversion
We study individual aversion to health and income inequality in three European countries (the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy), its determinants and especially, the effects of exposure to three types of COVID-19 specific shocks affecting individuals’ employment status, their income and health. Next, using evidence of representative samples of the population in the UK, we compare levels of health- and income-inequality aversion in the UK betwee…
Health inequality and health insurance coverage
Martin Ravallion
Inequality as an Externality
Inequality Measurement
Introduction March 2021 issue
The measurement of health inequalities
Approaches to measuring health inequalities are often problematic because they use methods that are inappropriate for categorical data. In this paper we focus on “pure” or univariate health inequality (rather than income-related or bivariate health inequality) and use a concept of individual status that allows a consistent treatment of such data. We take alternative versions of the status concept and apply methods for treating categorical data to…
Incorporating Inequality Aversion in Health-Care Priority Setting
Although measures of sensitivity to inequality are important in judging the welfare effects of health-care programmes, it is far from straightforward how to elicit them and apply them in health-care decision-making. This paper provides an overview of the literature on the measurement of inequality aversion, examines some of the features specific of the health domain that depart from the income domain, and discusses its implementation in health-sy…
Wealth, Top Incomes, and Inequality
Although it is heartening to see wealth inequality being taken seriously, key concepts are often muddled, including the distinction between income and wealth; what is included in ‘wealth’; and facts about wealth distributions. This chapter highlights issues that arise in making ideas and facts about wealth inequality precise, and employs newly available data to take a fresh look at wealth and wealth inequality in a comparative perspective. The co…
Inequality with Ordinal Data
The standard theory of inequality measurement assumes that the equalisand is a cardinal quantity, with known cardinalization. However, one often needs to make inequality comparisons where either the cardinalization is unknown or the underlying data are categorical. We propose an alternative approach to inequality analysis that is rigorous, has a natural interpretation, and embeds both the ordinal data problem and the well‐known cardinal data prob…
Inequality and Poverty Measures
The theory of inequality measurement can be founded on a few very simple principles concerning the comparison of income distributions. This chapter discusses the standard principles and the types of inequality indices that follow from them. It shows how these principles and indices can be related to conventional approaches to social-welfare analysis. Adjusting a few pieces within this same framework enables one to derive alternative, novel types …
Inequality Measurement
Goodness of Fit
An axiomatic approach is used to develop a one-parameter family of measures of divergence between distributions. These measures can be used to perform goodness-of-fit tests with good statistical properties. Asymptotic theory shows that the test statistics have well-defined limiting distributions which are, however, analytically intractable. A parametric bootstrap procedure is proposed for implementation of the tests. The procedure is shown to wor…
Piketty in the long run
I examine the idea of 'the long run' inPiketty (2014) and related works. In contrast to simplistic interpretations of long-run models of income- and wealth-distributionPiketty (2014) draws on a rich economic analysis that models the intra- and inter-generational processes that underly the development of the wealth distribution. These processes inevitably involve both market and non-market mechanisms. To understand this approach, and to isolate th…
Reference distributions and inequality measurement
Measuring Inequality
What do we mean by inequality comparisons? If the rich just get richer and the poor get poorer, the answer might seem easy. But what if the income distribution changes in a complicated way? Can we use mathematical or statistical techniques to simplify the comparison problem in a way that has economic meaning? What does it mean to measure inequality? Is it similar to National Income? Or price index? Is it enough just to work out the Gini coefficie…
Introduction to the symposium on “Inequality
Inequality decompositions—a reconciliation
Inequality, Welfare and Income Distribution
Why do people violate the transfer principle? Evidence from educational sample surveys (Y. Amiel, F. Cowell, D. Slottje). Efficiency, equity and democracy: Experimental evidence on Okun's Leaky Bucket (S.R. Beckman, J.P. Formby, W.J. Smith). How manipulable are fairness perceptions? The effect of additional alternatives (Y. Bereby-Meyer, B. Grosskopf). An experimental analysis of social mobility comparison (M. Bernasconi, V. Dardanoni). Social we…
Distributional Dominance With Trimmed Data
Distributional dominance criteria are commonly applied to draw welfare inferences about comparisons, but conclusions drawn from empirical implementations of dominance criteria may be influenced by data contamination. We examine a nonparametric approach to refining Lorenz-type comparisons and apply the technique to two important examples from the Luxembourg Income Study database
Robust stochastic dominance
Inequality, Welfare and Income Distribution
The emerging literature on experimental methods in connection with economic inequality has shed fresh light on how to think about inequality, how important issues of equality are in comparison with other economic objectives and how individuals incorporate criteria of equality and fairness into their own decisions. This volume covers a wide range of topics in the field of income distribution and extends the approach to related issues such as mobil…
Equivalence Scale Relativities and the Extent of Inequality and Poverty
Journal Article Equivalence Scale Relativities and the Extent of Inequality and Poverty Get access Fiona A. E. Coulter, Fiona A. E. Coulter University of Bath Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Frank A. Cowell, Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stephen P. Jenkins Stephen P. Jenkins University College of Swansea Search for other …
How Much Inequality Can we Explain? A Methodology and an Application to the United States
We develop two simple measures of how much inequality is explained by individual population characteristics or groups of characteristics, analogous to R2 in regression analysis. We investigate the measures' empirical implementation using several alternative theoretically consistent approaches to inequality decomposition. Results are illustrated using US PSID income data
Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain
Journal Article Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain Get access Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain. By A. B. Atkinson And A.J. Harrison. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Pp. xiv + 330. £10.50.) Frank A. Cowell Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 88, Issue 351, 1 September 1978, Pages 581–583, https://doi.org/10.2…
Parametric Equivalence Scales and Scale Relativities
We respond to Banks and Johnson's (1994) Comment on Coulter et al. (1992) drawing on a more general discussion of parametric equivalence scale and scale relativity issues and new empirical results. We show that criticisms of our earlier work are unfounded. When the McClements scale is properly characterised, the scale does indeed provide lower estimates of poverty and inequality levels than most other scales. We reiterate our conclusion that rela…
Inequality with Ordinal Data
The standard theory of inequality measurement assumes that the equalisand is a cardinal quantity, with known cardinalization. However, one often needs to make inequality comparisons where either the cardinalization is unknown or the underlying data are categorical. We propose an alternative approach to inequality analysis that is rigorous, has a natural interpretation, and embeds both the ordinal data problem and the well‐known cardinal data prob…
Inequality decompositions—a reconciliation
Cheating the Government
Incorporating Inequality Aversion in Health-Care Priority Setting
Although measures of sensitivity to inequality are important in judging the welfare effects of health-care programmes, it is far from straightforward how to elicit them and apply them in health-care decision-making. This paper provides an overview of the literature on the measurement of inequality aversion, examines some of the features specific of the health domain that depart from the income domain, and discusses its implementation in health-sy…
The Dynamics of Income Distribution
Journal Article The Dynamics of Income Distribution Get access The Dynamics of Income Distribution. By JOHN CREEDY. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985. Pp. ix+ 170. à à à à à à à à à à à à à à à à £19.50 hardback.) F. A. Cowell F. A. Cowell London School of Economics and Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 96, Issue 383, 1 September 1986, Pages 826–827, https://doi.or…
Taxation and Labour Supply with Risky Activities
Consider the following three phenomena. (a) In recent years dramatic shifts in the types of contract between London cabbies and the taxi owners have been observed. (b) If one tries to hire a housepainter in the UK one is often quoted two rates-one for official work during regular hours, and for unofficial weekend and evening work. (c) In two unrelated discussions with economics professors about the textbook model of taxation and labour supply, ea…
Piketty in the long run
I examine the idea of 'the long run' inPiketty (2014) and related works. In contrast to simplistic interpretations of long-run models of income- and wealth-distributionPiketty (2014) draws on a rich economic analysis that models the intra- and inter-generational processes that underly the development of the wealth distribution. These processes inevitably involve both market and non-market mechanisms. To understand this approach, and to isolate th…
Robust stochastic dominance
The measurement of health inequalities
Approaches to measuring health inequalities are often problematic because they use methods that are inappropriate for categorical data. In this paper we focus on “pure” or univariate health inequality (rather than income-related or bivariate health inequality) and use a concept of individual status that allows a consistent treatment of such data. We take alternative versions of the status concept and apply methods for treating categorical data to…
Inequality, Welfare and Income Distribution
Why do people violate the transfer principle? Evidence from educational sample surveys (Y. Amiel, F. Cowell, D. Slottje). Efficiency, equity and democracy: Experimental evidence on Okun's Leaky Bucket (S.R. Beckman, J.P. Formby, W.J. Smith). How manipulable are fairness perceptions? The effect of additional alternatives (Y. Bereby-Meyer, B. Grosskopf). An experimental analysis of social mobility comparison (M. Bernasconi, V. Dardanoni). Social we…
Some Notes on Progression and Risk-Taking
These notes examine the effect of tax progression on an individual facing a choice under uncertainty. The analysis of the impact of proportional taxes in such circumstances has been well developed-see Mossin (1968) and Stiglitz (1969) for the cases involving atemporal risk. Little work has been done on more general tax schedules and their effect; see, however, Allingham (1972) for a thorough examination of the effect of progression on work/leisur…
Sources of Inequality in Earnings. Personal Skills, Random Events, Preferences Towards Risk and Other Occupational Characteristics
Journal Article Sources of Inequality in Earnings. Personal Skills, Random Events, Preferences Towards Risk and Other Occupational Characteristics Get access Sources of Inequality in Earnings. Personal Skills, Random Events, Preferences Towards Risk and Other Occupational Characteristics. By Taubman. (Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company, 1975. Pp. xiv + 273. $29.00.) Frank A. Cowell Frank A. Cowell University of Keek Search for other work…
Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain
Journal Article Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain Get access Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain. By A. B. Atkinson And A.J. Harrison. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Pp. xiv + 330. £10.50.) Frank A. Cowell Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 88, Issue 351, 1 September 1978, Pages 581–583, https://doi.org/10.2…
On the Structure of Additive Inequality Measures
Journal Article On the Structure of Additive Inequality Measures Get access Frank A. Cowell Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics and Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 47, Issue 3, April 1980, Pages 521–531, https://doi.org/10.2307/2297303 Published: 01 April 1980 Article history Received: 01 July 1978 Accepted: 01 June 1979 Published: 01 April 19…
Income Distribution and Economic Inequality
Taxation and Labour Supply with Risky Activities
Consider the following three phenomena. (a) In recent years dramatic shifts in the types of contract between London cabbies and the taxi owners have been observed. (b) If one tries to hire a housepainter in the UK one is often quoted two rates-one for official work during regular hours, and for unofficial weekend and evening work. (c) In two unrelated discussions with economics professors about the textbook model of taxation and labour supply, ea…
Poverty and Inequality in Common Market Countries
Unequal Treatment
The Dynamics of Income Distribution
Journal Article The Dynamics of Income Distribution Get access The Dynamics of Income Distribution. By JOHN CREEDY. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985. Pp. ix+ 170. à à à à à à à à à à à à à à à à £19.50 hardback.) F. A. Cowell F. A. Cowell London School of Economics and Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 96, Issue 383, 1 September 1986, Pages 826–827, https://doi.or…
Handbook of Public Economics. Vol I
Journal Article Handbook of Public Economics. Vol I Get access Handbook of Public Economics. Vol i. Edited by ALAN J. AUERBACH and MARTIN FELDSTEIN. (Amsterdam & New York: North-Holland, 1985. Pp. xvii + 484. Dfl.500, US$130 (2 volume set).) F. A. Cowell F. A. Cowell The London School of Economics and Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 96, Issue 384, 1 December 1…
Income Distribution and the Macroeconomy
Cheating the Government
Measurement of income inequality
Cheating the Government
Tax scams involving the rich famous make eye-catching news copy. They also are part of a significant growing economic problem - the shadow that defrauds the government. Frank Cowell is one of the worlds leading contributors to the theoretical economic analysis of tax evasion. In this book he systematically studies the underground economy to examine how certain types of economic analysis can be applied to tax evaders. He also recommends measures t…
Equivalence Scale Relativities and the Extent of Inequality and Poverty
Journal Article Equivalence Scale Relativities and the Extent of Inequality and Poverty Get access Fiona A. E. Coulter, Fiona A. E. Coulter University of Bath Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Frank A. Cowell, Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stephen P. Jenkins Stephen P. Jenkins University College of Swansea Search for other …
Parametric Equivalence Scales and Scale Relativities
We respond to Banks and Johnson's (1994) Comment on Coulter et al. (1992) drawing on a more general discussion of parametric equivalence scale and scale relativity issues and new empirical results. We show that criticisms of our earlier work are unfounded. When the McClements scale is properly characterised, the scale does indeed provide lower estimates of poverty and inequality levels than most other scales. We reiterate our conclusion that rela…
How Much Inequality Can we Explain? A Methodology and an Application to the United States
We develop two simple measures of how much inequality is explained by individual population characteristics or groups of characteristics, analogous to R2 in regression analysis. We investigate the measures' empirical implementation using several alternative theoretically consistent approaches to inequality decomposition. Results are illustrated using US PSID income data
Inequality among the Kibbutzim
Using a new longitudinal data-set, the authors examine the distribution of well-being, and changes in the distribution of well-being, among the Israeli kibbutzim in 1989 and 1990. They examine the theoretical and practical implications of a variety of definitions of consumption, income, and wealth of each kibbutz. Although in many cases the mean value of the relevant income or wealth concept is negative, the authors show that inequality change is…
Thinking about Inequality
What is inequality? In the late 1990s there was an explosion of interest in the subject that yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. Nearly all of this is founded on a small set of core assumptions - such as the Principle of Transfers, scale independence, the population principle∑ - that are used to give meaning to specific concepts of inequality measurement, inequality ranking and, indeed, to ineq…
Editors’ Report
Distribution-Free Inference for Welfare Indices under Complete and Incomplete Information
Inequality, Welfare and Income Distribution
The emerging literature on experimental methods in connection with economic inequality has shed fresh light on how to think about inequality, how important issues of equality are in comparison with other economic objectives and how individuals incorporate criteria of equality and fairness into their own decisions. This volume covers a wide range of topics in the field of income distribution and extends the approach to related issues such as mobil…
Distributional Dominance With Trimmed Data
Distributional dominance criteria are commonly applied to draw welfare inferences about comparisons, but conclusions drawn from empirical implementations of dominance criteria may be influenced by data contamination. We examine a nonparametric approach to refining Lorenz-type comparisons and apply the technique to two important examples from the Luxembourg Income Study database
Robust stochastic dominance
Inequality, Welfare and Income Distribution
Why do people violate the transfer principle? Evidence from educational sample surveys (Y. Amiel, F. Cowell, D. Slottje). Efficiency, equity and democracy: Experimental evidence on Okun's Leaky Bucket (S.R. Beckman, J.P. Formby, W.J. Smith). How manipulable are fairness perceptions? The effect of additional alternatives (Y. Bereby-Meyer, B. Grosskopf). An experimental analysis of social mobility comparison (M. Bernasconi, V. Dardanoni). Social we…
Economics (34 obras) · Mathematics (32 obras) · Inequality (30 obras) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (28 obras) · Computer Science (17 obras) · Econometrics (16 obras) · Economic inequality (13 obras) · Income distribution (12 obras) · Sociology (11 obras) · Statistics (11 obras)