John Micklewright
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3605564 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | John Micklewright |
| NOMBRES | John |
| APELLIDO | Micklewright |
| FIRMA | MICKLEWRIGHT J |
| AFILIACIONES | Queen Mary University of London |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 84 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 6 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1976 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Measuring Poverty around the World
Measuring Poverty around the World
The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality?a critically important examination of poverty around the world In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty?in rich and poor c…
Tony Atkinson and His Legacy
Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
Tony Atkinson is universally celebrated for his outstanding contributions to the measurement and analysis of inequality, but he never saw the study of inequality as a separate branch of economics. He was an economist in the classical sense, rejecting any sub‐field labelling of his interests and expertise, and he made contributions right across economics. His death on 1 January 2017 deprived the world of both an intellectual giant and a deeply com…
Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death
Charitable bequests are a major source of income for charities but surprisingly little is known about them. We propose a multi‐stage framework for analysing the bequest decision and examine the evidence for Britain provided by new data on estates. The novelty of the framework is that it distinguishes between five different steps that lead to a charitable bequest. Our new data for Britain have the advantages of covering the whole population of non…
Socio-economic Gradients in Children's Cognitive Skills
The international surveys of pupil achievement—Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)—have been widely used to compare socio-economic gradients in children’s cognitive abilities across countries. Socio-economic status is typically measured drawing on children’s reports of family or home characteristics rather than in…
Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income
"The so-called Great Recession that followed the global financial crisis at the end of 2007 was the largest economic downturn since the 1930s for most rich countries. To what extent were household incomes affected by this event, and how did the effects differ across countries? This is the first cross-national study of the impact of the Great Recession on the distribution of household incomes. Looking at real income levels, poverty rates, and inco…
The Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income
This is a cross-national study of the impact of the Great Recession (GR) on the distribution of household incomes. Looking at real income levels, poverty rates, and income inequality, the book focuses on the period 2007–9, but also considers longer term impacts. Three contributions are made. First, the book reviews lessons from the past about the relationships between macroeconomic change and the household income distribution. Second, it consider…
The Great Recession and its consequences for household incomes in 21 countries
This chapter reviews the impact of the Great Recession (GR) on household incomes in 21 OECD countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. It describes the nature of the macroeconomic changes that characterize the GR in these countries, and how these have worked through to household in…
Charitable Giving for Overseas Development
Charitable giving is an important source of funding for overseas development and emergency relief. Donations in the UK are about a quarter of the size of government development aid. There has been strong growth over time, reflecting the activities of development charities and the public response to humanitarian emergencies. The paper examines how this charitable giving has changed since 1978, using a newly constructed panel data set on donations …
Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
Who Gives Charitable Donations for Overseas Development
Individuals' donations to overseas charities are an important source of funding for development assistance from rich industrialised countries. But little is known about the nature of these charitable donations. The literature on giving focuses on total donations to all causes and does not identify separately the pattern or the determinants of giving to any particular cause. We investigate giving to overseas causes using UK survey microdata that r…
Social segregation in secondary schools
New evidence is provided about the degree of social segregation in England’s secondary schools, employing a cross‐national perspective. Analysis is based on data for 27 industrialised countries from the 2000 and 2003 rounds of the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA). We allow for sampling variation in the estimates. England is shown to be a middle‐ranking country, as is the USA. High segregation countries include Austria, Belgium…
Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined
Abstract The issues surrounding poverty and inequality continue to be of central concern to academics, politicians and policy makers but the ways in which we seek to study and understand them continue to change over time. This accessible new book seeks to provide a guide to some of the new approaches that have been developed in the light of international initiatives to reduce poverty and the notable changes in income inequality and poverty that h…
Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined
"The issues surrounding poverty and inequality continue to be of central concern to academics, politicians and policy makers but the ways in which we seek to study and understand them continue to change over time. This accessible book seeks to provide a guide to some of the new approaches that have been developed in the light of international initiatives to reduce poverty and the notable changes in income inequality and poverty that have occurred…
Targeting Social Assistance in a Transition Economy
Falling output and living standards have pushed countries in transition from the socialist system to reconsider how best to target public resources on those in need. This paper investigates the workings of a new social assistance benefit in Uzbekistan, the largest of the former Soviet Central Asian republics, administered by community organizations, the Mahallas. Household survey data are used to assess the scheme's success in targeting on the mo…
The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many countries of poverty among the young. This unique study goes beyond the standard analysis of child poverty based on poverty rates at one point in time and documents how much movement into and out of p…
Is the Well-being of Children Converging in the European Union
Recent discussion of convergence in the European Union has focused on macroeconomic indicators, in line with requirements for participation in the single currency. But it is reduction of disparities in living standards that is an ultimate goal of European integration – the greater 'economic and social cohesion' emphasised by the Treaty on Union. We assemble evidence on whether the well-being of children in Member States has been converging over t…
Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income
Vecemik (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences), and M. Zukowski (Academy of Science, Warsaw) for their help with sources, but they are not to be held accountable for our interpretation of the information.We should like to acknowledge a very helpful conversation with W
Unemployment and Early School Leaving
First published: 01 April 1990
Choice at Sixteen
The proportion of sixteen-year olds in Britain who stay on at school is low by OECD standards. This paper examines the probability of completing education at the minimum legal age using micro data on individuals. Parameter estimates of a reduced-form logit model of the leaving probability are obtained for both boys and girls. The rich data set used allows the separate effects of family, school, and ability to be assessed. Family background, in th…
Modelling Household Energy Expenditures Using Micro-Data
Journal Article Modelling Household Energy Expenditures Using Micro-Data Get access Paul Baker, Paul Baker Institute of Fiscal Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Richard Blundell, Richard Blundell University College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Micklewright John Micklewright Queen Mary College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
The Economics of Labour Markets
Journal Article The Economics of Labour Markets Get access The Economics of Labour Markets. By PETER FALLON and DONALD VERRY. (Oxford and New Jersey: Philip Allan, 1988. Pp. xii + 317. £34.50 hardback, £14.95 paperback. ISBN 0 86003 068 7, 0 86003 J73 X.) John Micklewright John Micklewright Queen Mary College, London, and University of Melbourne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume …
The Strange Case of British Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefit
The abolition in 1982 of the Earnings-Related Supplement (ERS) to unemployment benefit, which had been introduced in 1966, left the UK with no element of income support for the unemployed linked to previous earnings. The ERS scheme represents an important case study of economic and social policy but it has been little researched hitherto. The paper examines the history of ERS, showing how the original legislation and subsequent development produc…
On Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits and Their Relation to Earnings
Journal Article On Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits and Their Relation to Earnings Get access John Micklewright John Micklewright Nuffield College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 95, Issue 377, 1 March 1985, Pages 133–145, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233473 Published: 01 March 1985
Unemployment and Early School Leaving
First published: 01 April 1990
Modelling Household Energy Expenditures Using Micro-Data
Journal Article Modelling Household Energy Expenditures Using Micro-Data Get access Paul Baker, Paul Baker Institute of Fiscal Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Richard Blundell, Richard Blundell University College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Micklewright John Micklewright Queen Mary College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
Socio-economic Gradients in Children's Cognitive Skills
The international surveys of pupil achievement—Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)—have been widely used to compare socio-economic gradients in children’s cognitive abilities across countries. Socio-economic status is typically measured drawing on children’s reports of family or home characteristics rather than in…
Is the Well-being of Children Converging in the European Union
Recent discussion of convergence in the European Union has focused on macroeconomic indicators, in line with requirements for participation in the single currency. But it is reduction of disparities in living standards that is an ultimate goal of European integration – the greater 'economic and social cohesion' emphasised by the Treaty on Union. We assemble evidence on whether the well-being of children in Member States has been converging over t…
Choice at Sixteen
The proportion of sixteen-year olds in Britain who stay on at school is low by OECD standards. This paper examines the probability of completing education at the minimum legal age using micro data on individuals. Parameter estimates of a reduced-form logit model of the leaving probability are obtained for both boys and girls. The rich data set used allows the separate effects of family, school, and ability to be assessed. Family background, in th…
The Economics of Labour Markets
Journal Article The Economics of Labour Markets Get access The Economics of Labour Markets. By PETER FALLON and DONALD VERRY. (Oxford and New Jersey: Philip Allan, 1988. Pp. xii + 317. £34.50 hardback, £14.95 paperback. ISBN 0 86003 068 7, 0 86003 J73 X.) John Micklewright John Micklewright Queen Mary College, London, and University of Melbourne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume …
Who Gives Charitable Donations for Overseas Development
Individuals' donations to overseas charities are an important source of funding for development assistance from rich industrialised countries. But little is known about the nature of these charitable donations. The literature on giving focuses on total donations to all causes and does not identify separately the pattern or the determinants of giving to any particular cause. We investigate giving to overseas causes using UK survey microdata that r…
Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death
Charitable bequests are a major source of income for charities but surprisingly little is known about them. We propose a multi‐stage framework for analysing the bequest decision and examine the evidence for Britain provided by new data on estates. The novelty of the framework is that it distinguishes between five different steps that lead to a charitable bequest. Our new data for Britain have the advantages of covering the whole population of non…
Targeting Social Assistance in a Transition Economy
Falling output and living standards have pushed countries in transition from the socialist system to reconsider how best to target public resources on those in need. This paper investigates the workings of a new social assistance benefit in Uzbekistan, the largest of the former Soviet Central Asian republics, administered by community organizations, the Mahallas. Household survey data are used to assess the scheme's success in targeting on the mo…
The Strange Case of British Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefit
The abolition in 1982 of the Earnings-Related Supplement (ERS) to unemployment benefit, which had been introduced in 1966, left the UK with no element of income support for the unemployed linked to previous earnings. The ERS scheme represents an important case study of economic and social policy but it has been little researched hitherto. The paper examines the history of ERS, showing how the original legislation and subsequent development produc…
Attribution of personal characteristics as a function of the degree of touch on initial contact and sex
On Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits and Their Relation to Earnings
Journal Article On Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits and Their Relation to Earnings Get access John Micklewright John Micklewright Nuffield College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 95, Issue 377, 1 March 1985, Pages 133–145, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233473 Published: 01 March 1985
Attribution of personal characteristics as a function of the degree of touch on initial contact and sex
The Measurement of Unemployment
On Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits and Their Relation to Earnings
Journal Article On Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits and Their Relation to Earnings Get access John Micklewright John Micklewright Nuffield College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 95, Issue 377, 1 March 1985, Pages 133–145, https://doi.org/10.2307/2233473 Published: 01 March 1985
Choice at Sixteen
The proportion of sixteen-year olds in Britain who stay on at school is low by OECD standards. This paper examines the probability of completing education at the minimum legal age using micro data on individuals. Parameter estimates of a reduced-form logit model of the leaving probability are obtained for both boys and girls. The rich data set used allows the separate effects of family, school, and ability to be assessed. Family background, in th…
Modelling Household Energy Expenditures Using Micro-Data
Journal Article Modelling Household Energy Expenditures Using Micro-Data Get access Paul Baker, Paul Baker Institute of Fiscal Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Richard Blundell, Richard Blundell University College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Micklewright John Micklewright Queen Mary College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…
The Economics of Labour Markets
Journal Article The Economics of Labour Markets Get access The Economics of Labour Markets. By PETER FALLON and DONALD VERRY. (Oxford and New Jersey: Philip Allan, 1988. Pp. xii + 317. £34.50 hardback, £14.95 paperback. ISBN 0 86003 068 7, 0 86003 J73 X.) John Micklewright John Micklewright Queen Mary College, London, and University of Melbourne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume …
The Strange Case of British Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefit
The abolition in 1982 of the Earnings-Related Supplement (ERS) to unemployment benefit, which had been introduced in 1966, left the UK with no element of income support for the unemployed linked to previous earnings. The ERS scheme represents an important case study of economic and social policy but it has been little researched hitherto. The paper examines the history of ERS, showing how the original legislation and subsequent development produc…
Unemployment and Early School Leaving
First published: 01 April 1990
Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income
Vecemik (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences), and M. Zukowski (Academy of Science, Warsaw) for their help with sources, but they are not to be held accountable for our interpretation of the information.We should like to acknowledge a very helpful conversation with W
Is the Well-being of Children Converging in the European Union
Recent discussion of convergence in the European Union has focused on macroeconomic indicators, in line with requirements for participation in the single currency. But it is reduction of disparities in living standards that is an ultimate goal of European integration – the greater 'economic and social cohesion' emphasised by the Treaty on Union. We assemble evidence on whether the well-being of children in Member States has been converging over t…
The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many countries of poverty among the young. This unique study goes beyond the standard analysis of child poverty based on poverty rates at one point in time and documents how much movement into and out of p…
Targeting Social Assistance in a Transition Economy
Falling output and living standards have pushed countries in transition from the socialist system to reconsider how best to target public resources on those in need. This paper investigates the workings of a new social assistance benefit in Uzbekistan, the largest of the former Soviet Central Asian republics, administered by community organizations, the Mahallas. Household survey data are used to assess the scheme's success in targeting on the mo…
Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined
Abstract The issues surrounding poverty and inequality continue to be of central concern to academics, politicians and policy makers but the ways in which we seek to study and understand them continue to change over time. This accessible new book seeks to provide a guide to some of the new approaches that have been developed in the light of international initiatives to reduce poverty and the notable changes in income inequality and poverty that h…
Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined
"The issues surrounding poverty and inequality continue to be of central concern to academics, politicians and policy makers but the ways in which we seek to study and understand them continue to change over time. This accessible book seeks to provide a guide to some of the new approaches that have been developed in the light of international initiatives to reduce poverty and the notable changes in income inequality and poverty that have occurred…
Social segregation in secondary schools
New evidence is provided about the degree of social segregation in England’s secondary schools, employing a cross‐national perspective. Analysis is based on data for 27 industrialised countries from the 2000 and 2003 rounds of the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA). We allow for sampling variation in the estimates. England is shown to be a middle‐ranking country, as is the USA. High segregation countries include Austria, Belgium…
Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
Who Gives Charitable Donations for Overseas Development
Individuals' donations to overseas charities are an important source of funding for development assistance from rich industrialised countries. But little is known about the nature of these charitable donations. The literature on giving focuses on total donations to all causes and does not identify separately the pattern or the determinants of giving to any particular cause. We investigate giving to overseas causes using UK survey microdata that r…
The Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income
This is a cross-national study of the impact of the Great Recession (GR) on the distribution of household incomes. Looking at real income levels, poverty rates, and income inequality, the book focuses on the period 2007–9, but also considers longer term impacts. Three contributions are made. First, the book reviews lessons from the past about the relationships between macroeconomic change and the household income distribution. Second, it consider…
The Great Recession and its consequences for household incomes in 21 countries
This chapter reviews the impact of the Great Recession (GR) on household incomes in 21 OECD countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. It describes the nature of the macroeconomic changes that characterize the GR in these countries, and how these have worked through to household in…
Charitable Giving for Overseas Development
Charitable giving is an important source of funding for overseas development and emergency relief. Donations in the UK are about a quarter of the size of government development aid. There has been strong growth over time, reflecting the activities of development charities and the public response to humanitarian emergencies. The paper examines how this charitable giving has changed since 1978, using a newly constructed panel data set on donations …
Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income
"The so-called Great Recession that followed the global financial crisis at the end of 2007 was the largest economic downturn since the 1930s for most rich countries. To what extent were household incomes affected by this event, and how did the effects differ across countries? This is the first cross-national study of the impact of the Great Recession on the distribution of household incomes. Looking at real income levels, poverty rates, and inco…
Socio-economic Gradients in Children's Cognitive Skills
The international surveys of pupil achievement—Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)—have been widely used to compare socio-economic gradients in children’s cognitive abilities across countries. Socio-economic status is typically measured drawing on children’s reports of family or home characteristics rather than in…
Tony Atkinson and His Legacy
Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
Tony Atkinson is universally celebrated for his outstanding contributions to the measurement and analysis of inequality, but he never saw the study of inequality as a separate branch of economics. He was an economist in the classical sense, rejecting any sub‐field labelling of his interests and expertise, and he made contributions right across economics. His death on 1 January 2017 deprived the world of both an intellectual giant and a deeply com…
Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death
Charitable bequests are a major source of income for charities but surprisingly little is known about them. We propose a multi‐stage framework for analysing the bequest decision and examine the evidence for Britain provided by new data on estates. The novelty of the framework is that it distinguishes between five different steps that lead to a charitable bequest. Our new data for Britain have the advantages of covering the whole population of non…
Economics (22 obras) · Political science (14 obras) · Economic growth (13 obras) · Demographic economics (9 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Development economics (7 obras) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (7 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Poverty (6 obras) · Inequality (5 obras)