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Tony Atkinson | |
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 Tony Atkinson at the Festival of Economics in Trento, May 2015 | |
| Born | Anthony Barnes Atkinson 4 September 1944 Caerleon, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1 January 2017 (aged 72) Oxford, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Judith Mandeville |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics of income distribution, poverty, micro-economics |
| Institution | Nuffield College, Oxford London School of Economics |
| School or tradition | Neo-Keynesian economics |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Doctoral students | John Micklewright |
| Influences | James Meade |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Sir Anthony Barnes Atkinson[1] CBE FBA (4 September 1944 – 1 January 2017) was a British economist, Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, and senior research fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.[2]
A student of James Meade, Atkinson virtually single-handedly established the modern British field of inequality and poverty studies. He worked on inequality and poverty for over four decades.[3][4]
- ^ "Atkinson, A.B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944–". Library of Congress. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
CIP t.p. (A.B. Atkinson, London School of Economics) data sheet (b. 09-04-44)
- ^ "Tony Atkinson – Biography". Tony Atkinson – personal website. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Mind the Gap: Anthony Atkinson, the godfather of inequality research, on a growing problem", The Economist, 6 June 2015, retrieved 7 June 2015
- ^ Armbruster, Alexander; Berger, Gerald Brown. "Der große Ungleichheitsforscher ist tot". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 2 January 2017.