Tony Atkinson and His Legacy

45 Pages Posted: 12 Oct 2017

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Rolf Aaberge

Statistics Norway; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Deaprtment of Economics

Francois Bourguignon

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Andrea Brandolini

Bank of Italy

Francisco H. G. Ferreira

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Janet C. Gornick

The Graduate Center / City University of New York; Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)

John Hills

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)

Markus Jäntti

Stockholm University

Stephen P. Jenkins

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Eric Marlier

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

John Micklewright

Institute of Education; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Brian Nolan

Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School

Thomas Piketty

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Walter Radermacher

Independent

Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding

Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Nicholas Stern

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Holly Sutherland

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

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Date Written: September 27, 2017

Abstract

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 committed public servant in the broadest sense of the term. This collective tribute highlights the range, depth and importance of Tony’s enormous legacy, the product of over fifty years’ work.

Keywords: Anthony B. Atkinson, inequality, poverty, public economics, economic theory, economic policy

JEL Classification: A1, B32, D3, D6, H00, I3

Suggested Citation

Aaberge, Rolf and Bourguignon, Francois and Brandolini, Andrea and Ferreira, Francisco H. G. and Gornick, Janet C. and Hills, John and Jäntti, Markus and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Marlier, Eric and Micklewright, John and Nolan, Brian and Piketty, Thomas and Radermacher, Walter and Smeeding, Timothy M. (Tim) and Stern, Nicholas and Stiglitz, Joseph E. and Sutherland, Holly, Tony Atkinson and His Legacy (September 27, 2017). Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 1138, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-99, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3051155 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3051155

Rolf Aaberge

Statistics Norway ( email )

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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email )

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Markus Jäntti

Stockholm University ( email )

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Stephen P. Jenkins

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Thomas Piketty

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Nicholas Stern

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Holly Sutherland

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) ( email )

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