Anthony Atkinson

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Anthony Atkinson was a prominent British economist renowned for his pioneering work on income inequality, poverty, and the welfare state.

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instanceOf economist
human
awardReceived A.SK Social Science Award
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the Econometric Society
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt University of Cambridge
employer Institute for Fiscal Studies
London School of Economics
Nuffield College, Oxford
University of Oxford
familyName Atkinson
fieldOfWork economics
income distribution
inequality
poverty
public economics
welfare economics
welfare state
givenName Anthony
hasOccupation researcher
university teacher
influenced empirical study of top incomes
inequality research in public economics
knownFor development of the Atkinson index
research on income inequality
research on poverty
research on the welfare state
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British Academy
Econometric Society
Royal Economic Society
notableIdea Atkinson measure of inequality
normative approach to inequality measurement
notableWork Atkinson index
Inequality: What Can Be Done?
Poverty in Britain and the Reform of Social Security
Public Economics in an Age of Austerity
The Economic Consequences of Rolling Back the Welfare State
The Economics of Inequality
Top Incomes: A Global Perspective
placeOfBirth United Kingdom
positionHeld Professor of Economics at London School of Economics
Professor of Economics at University of Oxford
Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford
sexOrGender male

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Atkinson hasNotableBearer Anthony Atkinson
Thomas Piketty influencedBy Anthony Atkinson