“...The top 1 percent income share has more than doubled in the United States over the last 30 years, drawing much public attention in recent years. While other...”

“...Consideration of world inequality should cause reexamination of the key concepts underlying the welfare approach to measuring income inequality and its...”

“...This paper argues that welfare economics should be restored to a prominent place on the agenda of economists, and should occupy a central role in the teaching...”

“...The Mirrlees Review of taxation in the United Kingdom is a landmark in the analysis of U.K. fiscal policy, and of wide interest to public finance economists...”

“...What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century? Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois...”

“...This article assesses the importance of Dalton's 1920 paper in the Economic Journal for subsequent developments in income distribution analysis...”

“...The concentration of personal wealth is now receiving a great deal of attention – after having been neglected for many years. One reason is the growing...”

“...We use historical publications and micro data from tax returns to construct internationally comparable estimates of the development in income inequality in...”