Tony Atkinson and his Legacy

Rolf Aaberge (1) , François Bourguignon (2, 3) , Andrea Brandolini (4) , Francisco H. G. Ferreira (5) , Janet C. Gornick (6) , John Hills (7) , Markus Jäntti (8) , Stephen P. Jenkins (7) , Eric Marlier (9) , John Micklewright (10) , Brian Nolan (11) , Thomas Piketty (3, 2) , Walter J. Radermacher (12) , Timothy M. Smeeding (13) , Nicholas H. Stern (7) , Joseph Stiglitz (14) , Holly Sutherland (15)

1 UiO - University of Oslo
2 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
3 PSE - Paris School of Economics
4 Bank of Italy
5 The World Bank
6 CUNY - City University of New York [New York]
7 LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science
8 Stockholm University
9 LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research
10 UCL - University College of London [London]
11 University of Oxford
12 Eurostat
13 University of Wisconsin-Madison
14 Columbia Business School
15 University of Essex

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 almost fifty years’ work.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Rolf Aaberge, François Bourguignon, Andrea Brandolini, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Janet C. Gornick, et al.. Tony Atkinson and his Legacy. Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63 (3), pp.411-444. ⟨10.1111/roiw.12335⟩. ⟨hal-01629339⟩