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Number of items: 214.
Asia Centre
  • Cowell, Frank, Witztum, Amos (Eds.) (2009). Lionel Robbins’s essay on the nature and significance of economic science: 75th anniversary conference proceedings. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2018). Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality. Review of Income and Wealth, 64(2), 332 - 356. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12278
  • Chen, Yi, Cowell, Frank A. (2017). Mobility in China. Review of Income and Wealth, 63(2), 203-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12214
  • Cowell, Frank (2016). Inequality and poverty measures. In Adler, Matthew D., Fleurbaey, Marc (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy . Oxford University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Fleurbaey, Marc, Tungodden, Bertil (2015). The tyranny puzzle in social preferences: an empirical investigation. Social Choice and Welfare, 45(4), 765-792. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-015-0880-9
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). How European integration influences the way we think about redistribution of income.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Van Kerm, Philippe (2015). Wealth inequality: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(4), 671-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12114 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CESifo working paper 5412). CESifo Group.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank, Dardanoni, Valentino (2015). Do we value mobility? Social Choice and Welfare, 44(2), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-014-0839-2
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
  • Cowell, Frank A. (2014). Piketty in the long run. British Journal of Sociology, 65(4), 708-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12108
  • Cowell, Frank A., Flachaire, Emmanuel, Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra (2013). Reference distributions and inequality measurement. Journal of Economic Inequality, 11(4), 421-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-012-9238-z
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). The relative role of socio-economic factors in explaining the changing distribution of wealth in the US and the UK. (GINI Discussion Paper 85). London School of Economic and Political Science.
  • Hills, John, Bastagli, Francesca, Cowell, Frank, Glennerster, Howard, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Wealth distribution, accumulation and policy. (CASEbriefs 33). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank A., Dardanoni, Valentino (2013). Do we value mobility? (Public Economics Programme Papers PEP 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Chen, Yi, Cowell, Frank A. (2013). Mobility in China. (Public Economics Programme Papers PEP 18). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality. (CASEpapers 168). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Menéndez, Ana Jesús López, Cowell, Frank (2013). Inequality and economic growth: vicious or virtuous circles? Revista Galega de Economia, 22(2), 15-36.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. Research on Economic Inequality, 21, 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021004
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2012). Mapping and measuring the distribution of householdwealth: a cross-country analysis. (CASEpapers 165). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, Wulf (2012). Distributional orderings: an approach with seven flavors. Theory and Decision, 73(3), 381-399.
  • Cowell, Frank (2012). Bequests, taxation and the distribution of income and wealth. Hacienda Pública Española, 200(1), 75-93.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Fiorio, Carlo V. (2011). Inequality decompositions—a reconciliation. Journal of Economic Inequality, 9(4), 509-528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9176-1
  • Cowell, Frank, Kanbur, Ravi (2011). Introduction to the symposium on “Inequality: new directions”. Journal of Economic Inequality, 9(3), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9185-0
  • Cowell, Frank (2011). Inequality among the wealthy. (CASEpapers 150). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2011). Measuring mobility. (Public Economics Programme Papers 09). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2011). Measuring inequality. Oxford University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (2010). Distributional change. In Deutsch, Joseph, Silber, Jacques (Eds.), The Measurement of Individual Well-Being and Group Inequalities: Essays in Memory of Z. M. Berrebi . Routledge.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fleurbaey, Marc, Tungodden, Bertil (2010). The tyranny puzzle in welfare economics: an empirical investigation. (Public Economics Programme Papers 05). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Ramos, Xavier (2010). Poles apart: an analysis of the meaning of polarization. Review of Income and Wealth, 56(1), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00361.x
  • Bosmans, Kristof, Cowell, Frank (2010). The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures. Economics Letters, 109(3), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.09.007
  • Cowell, Frank, Witztum, Amos (Eds.) (2009). Lionel Robbins’s essay on the nature and significance of economic science: 75th anniversary conference proceedings. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bayer, Ralph, Cowell, Frank (2009). Tax compliance and firms' strategic interdependence. Journal of Public Economics, 93(11-12), 1131-1143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.007
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank A., Gaertner, Wulf (2009). To be or not to be involved: a questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi’s utilitarian ethics. Social Choice and Welfare, 32(2), 299-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-008-0324-x
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Problems and promise of smart cards in taxation. National Tax Journal, 61(4), 865-882.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2008). Inequality and envy. In Bishop, John, Zheng, Buhong (Eds.), Inequality and Opportunity: Papers From the Second Ecineq Society Meeting (pp. 37-47). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(08)16002-1
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Income distribution and inequality. In Davis, John .B, Dolfsma, Wilfred (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to Social Economics (pp. 209-227). Edward Elgar.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Inequality: measurement. In Durlauf, Steven N, Blume, Lawrence. E (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Gini, deprivation and complaints. In Betti, Gianni, Lemmi, Archille (Eds.), Advances on Income Inequality and Concentration Measures (pp. 25-44). Routledge.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Modelling Lorenz curves: robust and semi-parametric issues. In Chotikapanich, Duangkamon (Ed.), Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves (pp. 241-245). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Ameil, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Davidovitz, Liema, Polovin, Avraham (2008). Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions. Social Choice and Welfare, 30(2), 305-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-007-0234-3
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, E. (2007). Income distribution and inequality measurement: the problem of extreme values. Journal of Econometrics, 141(2), 1044-1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.01.001
  • Cowell, Frank (2007). Income distribution and inequality. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2007). On the measurement of polarisation: a questionnaire study. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2007). Modelling Lorenz curves: robust and semi-parametric issues. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra, Cowell, Frank (2007). Modelling vulnerability in the UK. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Amiel, Yoram (2007). Social welfare and individual preferences under uncertainty: a questionnaire-experimental approach. In Bishop, John, Amiel, Yoram (Eds.), Inequality and Poverty: Papers From the Society for the Study of Economic Inequalities Inaugural Meeting (pp. 345-364). Elsevier (Firm).
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, U (2006). Inequality and envy. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Inequality: measurement. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Gini, deprivation and complaints. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fiorio, Carlo V. (2006). Rethinking inequality decomposition: comment. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bayer, R, Cowell, Frank (2006). Tax compliance and firms' strategic interdependence. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, W (2006). To be or not to be involved: a questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi's utilitarian ethics. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra, Cowell, Frank (2006). Vulnerable households and variable incomes. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Barcena, E, Cowell, Frank (2006). Static and dynamic poverty in Spain, 1993-2000. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Theil, inequality indices and decomposition. Research on Economic Inequality, 13, 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13012-4
  • Cowell, Frank, Cruces, Guillermo (2003). Perceptions of risk : an experimental approach using internet questionnaires. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 70 DARP 70). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). Theil, inequality and the structure of income distribution. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 67 67). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Davidovitz, Leima, Polovin, Avraham (2003). Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 66 66). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). Sticks and carrots. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 68 68). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H., Cowell, Frank (2002). Intergenerational mobility in Britain : revisiting the prediction approach of Dearden, Machin and Reed. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 62 62). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2002). Complaints and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 61). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2002). Sensitivity of inequality measures to extreme values. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 60 60). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2002). Welfare rankings in the presence of contaminated data. Econometrica, 70(3), 1221-1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0262.00324
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2001). Distributional dominance with dirty data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 51 51). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2001). Risk and inequality perceptions. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 55 55). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2001). Robust Lorenz curves : a semi-parametric approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 50 DARP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Schokkaert, Erik (2001). Risk perceptions and distributional judgements. European Economic Review, 45(4-6), 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00121-0
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2000). Attitudes towards risk and inequality : a questionnaire-experimental approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 56 56). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (2000). Estimating welfare indices : household weights and sample design. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 48 48). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1999). Statistical inference for welfare under complete and incomplete information. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 47 47). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Litchfield, Julie, Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999). Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 45 45). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999). Equivalence scales and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 27 27). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Schluter, Christian (1998). Measuring income mobility with dirty data. (CASEpaper CASE/16). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Cowell, Frank, Schluter, Christian (1998). Income mobility : a robust approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 37 37). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1998). Measurement of inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 36 36). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1998). Statistical inference for Lorenz curves with censored data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 35 35). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1998). Inheritance and the distribution of wealth. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 34 34). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1997). Inequality, welfare and monotonicity. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 29 29). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1997). Income transformation and income inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 24 24). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1996). Estimation of inequality indices. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 25 25). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1996). Family instability, family incomes and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 12 12). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Litchfield, Julie (1996). Income distribution in Brazil 1981-1990: parametric and non-parametric approaches. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 21 21). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1996). Distributional orderings and the transfer principle : a re-examination. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 14 14). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Robustness properties of inequality measures. Econometrica, 64(1), 77-101.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Welfare judgements in the presence of contaminated data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 13). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1995). How much inequality can we explain?: a methodology and an application to the United States. The Economic Journal, 105(429), 421-430.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1994). The measurement of poverty: an experimental questionnaire investigation. (DARP 5). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (1994). How much inequality can we explain? A methodology and an application to the USA. (DARP 7). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1993). Monotonicity and the Pareto principle. (DARP 6). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1993). Robustness properties of inequality measures : the influence function and the principle of transfers. (DARP 1). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1992). Tax evasion and inequity. Journal of Economic Psychology, 13(4), 521-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4870(92)90010-5
  • Coulter, Fiona A. E., Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1992). Differences in needs and assessment of income distributions. Bulletin of Economic Research, 44(2), 77-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1992.tb00538.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1989). The consequences of progressive income taxation for the shadow economy. In Bös, Dieter, Felderer, Bernhard, Liberty, Fund, Carl-Menger, Institut (Eds.), The Political Economy of Progressive Taxation . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Cowell, Frank (1988). Inequality decomposition: three bad measures. Bulletin of Economic Research, 40(4), 309-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1988.tb00274.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). The measurement of distributional change: an axiomatic approach. Review of Economic Studies, 52(1), 135-151.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Limits to redistribution: a commentary. In Neilson, G. W., Enderby, J. E. (Eds.), Water and Aqueous Solutions: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Symposium of the Colston Research Society, Held in the University . A. Hilger.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). The economic analysis of tax evasion. Bulletin of Economic Research, 37(3), 163-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1985.tb00192.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1981). Income maintenance schemes under wage-rate uncertainty. American Economic Review, 71(4), 692-703.
    • Centre for Economic Performance
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1362). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CESifo working paper 5412). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. Research on Economic Inequality, 21, 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021004
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • Economic History
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1995). How much inequality can we explain?: a methodology and an application to the United States. The Economic Journal, 105(429), 421-430.
    • Economics
  • Cowell, Frank, Schokkaert, Erik, Tarroux, Benoît (2025). Measuring distributional preferences: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Economic Inequality, 23(3), 607 - 622. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-025-09704-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2025). Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains. Journal of Economic Inequality, 23(3), 749 – 775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-025-09703-7 picture_as_pdf
  • Cowell, Frank, Van de Gaer, Dirk (2025). Condorcet was wrong, Pareto was right: families, inheritance and inequality. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.70022 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2025). An unconsidered leave? Inequality aversion and the Brexit referendum. European Journal of Political Economy, 86, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102648 picture_as_pdf
  • Støstad, Morten Nyborg, Cowell, Frank (2024). Inequality as an externality: consequences for tax design. Journal of Public Economics, 235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105139 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2024). Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains. (III Working Paper 142). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.hg3ltcudbo49 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank, Shi, Xuezhu (2024). Health inequality and health insurance coverage: the United States and China compared. Economics and Human Biology, 52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101346 picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2023). How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion? Social Choice and Welfare, 61(3), 625 - 647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-023-01460-8 picture_as_pdf
  • Cowell, Frank A. (2023). Obituary: Martin Ravallion: 19 March 1952-24 December 2022. Journal of Economic Inequality, 21(3), 663 - 677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-023-09580-y
  • Cowell, Frank A., Flachaire, Emmanuel (2023). Inequality measurement and the rich: why inequality increased more than we thought. Review of Income and Wealth, https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12638 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2022). The measurement of health inequalities does status matter? Journal of Economic Inequality, 20(2), 299 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-021-09497-4 picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (20 April 2021) COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (8 April 2021) COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2021). How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion? (IZA discussion paper 14103). Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2019). Incorporating inequality aversion in health-care priority setting. Social Justice Research, 32(2), 172-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-019-00328-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2019). The changing distribution of wealth in the pre-crisis US and UK: the role of socio-economic factors. Oxford Economic Papers, 71(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpy047
  • Chen, Yi, Cowell, Frank A. (2017). Mobility in China. Review of Income and Wealth, 63(2), 203-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12214
  • Cowell, Frank, Nolan, Brian, Olivera, Javier, van Kerm, Philippe (2016). Wealth, top incomes and inequality. (III Working Paper 9). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.t6mh8rqt2xqy picture_as_pdf
  • Cowell, Frank (2016). Inequality and poverty measures. In Adler, Matthew D., Fleurbaey, Marc (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy . Oxford University Press.
  • Bayer, Ralph, Cowell, Frank A. (2016). Tax compliance by firms and audit policy. Research in Economics, 70(1), 38-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2015.07.003
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (III Working Paper 3). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.p78ftr7d9y5j picture_as_pdf
  • Cowell, Frank A., Fleurbaey, Marc, Tungodden, Bertil (2015). The tyranny puzzle in social preferences: an empirical investigation. Social Choice and Welfare, 45(4), 765-792. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-015-0880-9
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). How European integration influences the way we think about redistribution of income.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Van Kerm, Philippe (2015). Wealth inequality: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(4), 671-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12114 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CESifo working paper 5412). CESifo Group.
  • Cowell, Frank (2015). Piketty in the long run. (CASEpapers 185). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. picture_as_pdf
  • Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank, Dardanoni, Valentino (2015). Do we value mobility? Social Choice and Welfare, 44(2), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-014-0839-2
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
  • Cowell, Frank A. (2014). Piketty in the long run. British Journal of Sociology, 65(4), 708-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12108
  • McKnight, Abigail, Cowell, Frank (2014). Social impacts: health, housing and intergenerational mobility. In Salverda, Wiemer, Nolan, Brian, Checchi, Daniele, Marx, Ive, McKnight, Abigail, Tóth, István György, Werfhorst, Herman van de (Eds.), Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives . Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687435.003.0007
  • Cowell, Frank A., Flachaire, Emmanuel, Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra (2013). Reference distributions and inequality measurement. Journal of Economic Inequality, 11(4), 421-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-012-9238-z
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank A., Dardanoni, Valentino (2013). Do we value mobility? (Public Economics Programme Papers PEP 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Chen, Yi, Cowell, Frank A. (2013). Mobility in China. (Public Economics Programme Papers PEP 18). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality. (CASEpapers 168). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Menéndez, Ana Jesús López, Cowell, Frank (2013). Inequality and economic growth: vicious or virtuous circles? Revista Galega de Economia, 22(2), 15-36.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. Research on Economic Inequality, 21, 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021004
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2012). Mapping and measuring the distribution of householdwealth: a cross-country analysis. (CASEpapers 165). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, Wulf (2012). Distributional orderings: an approach with seven flavors. Theory and Decision, 73(3), 381-399.
  • Cowell, Frank (2012). Bequests, taxation and the distribution of income and wealth. Hacienda Pública Española, 200(1), 75-93.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Fiorio, Carlo V. (2011). Inequality decompositions—a reconciliation. Journal of Economic Inequality, 9(4), 509-528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9176-1
  • Cowell, Frank, Kanbur, Ravi (2011). Introduction to the symposium on “Inequality: new directions”. Journal of Economic Inequality, 9(3), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9185-0
  • Cowell, Frank (2011). Inequality among the wealthy. (CASEpapers 150). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2011). Measuring mobility. (Public Economics Programme Papers 09). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2011). Measuring inequality. Oxford University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (2010). Distributional change. In Deutsch, Joseph, Silber, Jacques (Eds.), The Measurement of Individual Well-Being and Group Inequalities: Essays in Memory of Z. M. Berrebi . Routledge.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fleurbaey, Marc, Tungodden, Bertil (2010). The tyranny puzzle in welfare economics: an empirical investigation. (Public Economics Programme Papers 05). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Ramos, Xavier (2010). Poles apart: an analysis of the meaning of polarization. Review of Income and Wealth, 56(1), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00361.x
  • Bosmans, Kristof, Cowell, Frank (2010). The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures. Economics Letters, 109(3), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.09.007
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel, Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra (2009). Goodness-of-fit: an economic approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers DARP 101). The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fiorio, Carlo V. (2009). Inequality decomposition: a reconciliation. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers DARP 100). The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Bosmans, Kristof, Cowell, Frank (2009). The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers DARP 99). The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Bayer, Ralph, Cowell, Frank (2009). Tax compliance and firms' strategic interdependence. Journal of Public Economics, 93(11-12), 1131-1143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.007
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank A., Gaertner, Wulf (2009). To be or not to be involved: a questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi’s utilitarian ethics. Social Choice and Welfare, 32(2), 299-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-008-0324-x
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Problems and promise of smart cards in taxation. National Tax Journal, 61(4), 865-882.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2008). Inequality and envy. In Bishop, John, Zheng, Buhong (Eds.), Inequality and Opportunity: Papers From the Second Ecineq Society Meeting (pp. 37-47). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(08)16002-1
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Income distribution and inequality. In Davis, John .B, Dolfsma, Wilfred (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to Social Economics (pp. 209-227). Edward Elgar.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Inequality: measurement. In Durlauf, Steven N, Blume, Lawrence. E (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Gini, deprivation and complaints. In Betti, Gianni, Lemmi, Archille (Eds.), Advances on Income Inequality and Concentration Measures (pp. 25-44). Routledge.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Modelling Lorenz curves: robust and semi-parametric issues. In Chotikapanich, Duangkamon (Ed.), Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves (pp. 241-245). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Ameil, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Davidovitz, Liema, Polovin, Avraham (2008). Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions. Social Choice and Welfare, 30(2), 305-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-007-0234-3
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, E. (2007). Income distribution and inequality measurement: the problem of extreme values. Journal of Econometrics, 141(2), 1044-1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.01.001
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, Wulf (2007). Distributional orderings: an approach with seven flavours. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2007). Income distribution and inequality. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2007). On the measurement of polarisation: a questionnaire study. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2007). Robust stochastic dominance: a semi-parametric approach. Journal of Economic Inequality, 5(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-006-9022-z
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2007). Modelling Lorenz curves: robust and semi-parametric issues. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra, Cowell, Frank (2007). Modelling vulnerability in the UK. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Amiel, Yoram (2007). Social welfare and individual preferences under uncertainty: a questionnaire-experimental approach. In Bishop, John, Amiel, Yoram (Eds.), Inequality and Poverty: Papers From the Society for the Study of Economic Inequalities Inaugural Meeting (pp. 345-364). Elsevier (Firm).
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, U (2006). Inequality and envy. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Inequality: measurement. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2006). Distributional dominance with trimmed data. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 24(3), 291-300.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Gini, deprivation and complaints. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fiorio, Carlo V. (2006). Rethinking inequality decomposition: comment. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bayer, R, Cowell, Frank (2006). Tax compliance and firms' strategic interdependence. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, W (2006). To be or not to be involved: a questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi's utilitarian ethics. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra, Cowell, Frank (2006). Vulnerable households and variable incomes. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Barcena, E, Cowell, Frank (2006). Static and dynamic poverty in Spain, 1993-2000. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Microeconomics: principles and analysis. Oxford University Press.
  • Barcena, E, Cowell, Frank (2006). Static and dynamic poverty in Spain, 1993-2000. Hacienda Pública Española, 179, 51-77.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Theil, inequality indices and decomposition. Research on Economic Inequality, 13, 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13012-4
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2004). Complaints and inequality. Social Choice and Welfare, 23(1), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-003-0237-7
  • Cowell, Frank (2004). Carrots and sticks in enforcement. In Aaron, H J, Slemrod, J (Eds.), The Crisis in Tax Administration (pp. 230-275). Brookings Institution.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Slottje, Dan J (2004). Why do people violate the transfer principle : evidence from educational sample surveys. Research on Economic Inequality, 11, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(04)11001-6
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2003). Distribution-free inference for welfare indices under complete and incomplete information. Journal of Economic Inequality, 1(3), 191-219. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEI.0000004637.12354.c7
  • Cowell, Frank, Cruces, Guillermo (2003). Perceptions of risk : an experimental approach using internet questionnaires. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 70 DARP 70). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). Theil, inequality and the structure of income distribution. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 67 67). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Davidovitz, Leima, Polovin, Avraham (2003). Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 66 66). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). Sticks and carrots. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 68 68). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H., Cowell, Frank (2002). Intergenerational mobility in Britain : revisiting the prediction approach of Dearden, Machin and Reed. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 62 62). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2002). Complaints and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 61). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2002). Sensitivity of inequality measures to extreme values. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 60 60). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2002). Welfare rankings in the presence of contaminated data. Econometrica, 70(3), 1221-1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0262.00324
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2001). Distributional dominance with dirty data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 51 51). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2001). Risk and inequality perceptions. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 55 55). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2001). Robust Lorenz curves : a semi-parametric approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 50 DARP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Schokkaert, Erik (2001). Risk perceptions and distributional judgements. European Economic Review, 45(4-6), 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00121-0
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2000). Attitudes towards risk and inequality : a questionnaire-experimental approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 56 56). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (2000). Estimating welfare indices : household weights and sample design. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 48 48). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1999). Statistical inference for welfare under complete and incomplete information. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 47 47). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Litchfield, Julie, Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999). Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 45 45). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999). Equivalence scales and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 27 27). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Schluter, Christian (1998). Measuring income mobility with dirty data. (CASEpaper CASE/16). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Cowell, Frank, Schluter, Christian (1998). Income mobility : a robust approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 37 37). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1998). Measurement of inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 36 36). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1998). Statistical inference for Lorenz curves with censored data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 35 35). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1998). Inheritance and the distribution of wealth. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 34 34). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Litchfield, Julie A (1998). Income distribution in Brazil 1981-1990 : parametric and non-parametric approaches. Journal of Income Distribution, 8(1), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-6437(99)80004-3
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1997). Inequality, welfare and monotonicity. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 29 29). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1997). Income transformation and income inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 24 24). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1996). Estimation of inequality indices. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 25 25). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1996). Family instability, family incomes and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 12 12). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Litchfield, Julie (1996). Income distribution in Brazil 1981-1990: parametric and non-parametric approaches. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 21 21). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1996). Distributional orderings and the transfer principle : a re-examination. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 14 14). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Robustness properties of inequality measures. Econometrica, 64(1), 77-101.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Welfare judgements in the presence of contaminated data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 13). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1994). The measurement of poverty: an experimental questionnaire investigation. (DARP 5). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (1994). How much inequality can we explain? A methodology and an application to the USA. (DARP 7). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1993). Monotonicity and the Pareto principle. (DARP 6). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1993). Robustness properties of inequality measures : the influence function and the principle of transfers. (DARP 1). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1992). Tax evasion and inequity. Journal of Economic Psychology, 13(4), 521-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4870(92)90010-5
  • Coulter, Fiona A. E., Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1992). Differences in needs and assessment of income distributions. Bulletin of Economic Research, 44(2), 77-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1992.tb00538.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1989). The consequences of progressive income taxation for the shadow economy. In Bös, Dieter, Felderer, Bernhard, Liberty, Fund, Carl-Menger, Institut (Eds.), The Political Economy of Progressive Taxation . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Cowell, Frank (1988). Inequality decomposition: three bad measures. Bulletin of Economic Research, 40(4), 309-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1988.tb00274.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). The measurement of distributional change: an axiomatic approach. Review of Economic Studies, 52(1), 135-151.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Limits to redistribution: a commentary. In Neilson, G. W., Enderby, J. E. (Eds.), Water and Aqueous Solutions: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Symposium of the Colston Research Society, Held in the University . A. Hilger.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). The economic analysis of tax evasion. Bulletin of Economic Research, 37(3), 163-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1985.tb00192.x
    • European Institute
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). How European integration influences the way we think about redistribution of income.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CESifo working paper 5412). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • Health Policy
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2025). Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains. Journal of Economic Inequality, 23(3), 749 – 775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-025-09703-7 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2025). An unconsidered leave? Inequality aversion and the Brexit referendum. European Journal of Political Economy, 86, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102648 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2024). Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains. (III Working Paper 142). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.hg3ltcudbo49 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank, Shi, Xuezhu (2024). Health inequality and health insurance coverage: the United States and China compared. Economics and Human Biology, 52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101346 picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2023). How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion? Social Choice and Welfare, 61(3), 625 - 647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-023-01460-8 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2022). The measurement of health inequalities does status matter? Journal of Economic Inequality, 20(2), 299 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-021-09497-4 picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (20 April 2021) COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (8 April 2021) COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2021). How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion? (IZA discussion paper 14103). Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2019). Incorporating inequality aversion in health-care priority setting. Social Justice Research, 32(2), 172-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-019-00328-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (III Working Paper 3). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.p78ftr7d9y5j picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1362). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • India Observatory
  • Cowell, Frank, Witztum, Amos (Eds.) (2009). Lionel Robbins’s essay on the nature and significance of economic science: 75th anniversary conference proceedings. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • International Inequalities Institute
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2024). Specific egalitarianism? Inequality aversion across domains. (III Working Paper 142). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.hg3ltcudbo49 picture_as_pdf
  • Cowell, Frank, Nolan, Brian, Olivera, Javier, van Kerm, Philippe (2016). Wealth, top incomes and inequality. (III Working Paper 9). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.t6mh8rqt2xqy picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2016). The measurement of health inequalities does status matter? (III Working Paper 6). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.iieus6cvdbll
    • LSE
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). The economics of poverty and inequality. Edward Elgar.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2002). Attitudes towards risk and inequality : a questionnaire-experimental approach. In Andersson, Fredrik, Holm, Hakan J (Eds.), Experimental Economics : Financial Markets, Auctions and Decision Making (pp. 85-115). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (2002). Estimating welfare indices : household weights and sample design. Research on Economic Inequality, 9, 147-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(03)09009-4
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  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Polovin, A (2001). Risk perceptions, income transformations and inequality. European Economic Review, 45(04-Jun), 964-976.
  • Cowell, Frank (2000). Measurement of inequality. In Atkinson, Anthony B, Bourguignon, Francois (Eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution . North-Holland.
  • Cowell, Frank, Gardiner, Karen (1999). Welfare weights. (OFT economic research paper 282). Office of Fair Trading.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1999). Distributional analysis : a robust approach. In Atkinson, Tony, Glennerster, Howard, Stern, Nicholas (Eds.), Putting Economics to Work . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Mercader-Prats, M (1999). Equivalence scales and inequality. In Silber, Jacques (Ed.), Handbook on Income Inequality Measurement . Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1999). Income transformations and income inequality. In Slottje, Daniel J (Ed.), Advances in Econometrics, Income Distribution and Scientific Methodology (pp. 209-232). Physica-Verlag.
  • Cowell, Frank, Amiel, Yoram (1999). Thinking about inequality. Cambridge University Press.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1998). Distributional orderings and the transfer principle : a re-examination. Research on Economic Inequality, 8, 195-215.
  • Champernowne, DG, Cowell, Frank (1998). Economic inequality and income distribution. Cambridge University Press.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1998). Poverty perceptions and the poverty line. In Jenkins, S P, Kapteyn, A, Van Praag, B (Eds.), Distribution of Welfare and Household Production : an International Perspective (pp. 179-193). Cambridge University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Poverty measurement with contaminated data : a robust approach. European Economic Review, 40(9), 1761-1772.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, S P, Litchfield, J A (1996). The changing shape of the UK income distribution : kernel density estimates. In Hills, John (Ed.), New Inequalities : the Changing Distribution of Income and Wealth in the United Kingdom (pp. 49-75). Cambridge University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank, Gordon, J P F (1995). Auditing with ghosts. In Fiorentini, G, Peltzman, S (Eds.), The Economics of Organised Crime (pp. 185-196). Cambridge University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (1995). Enganar al estado. Alianza Editorial.
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  • Jenkins, SP, Cowell, Frank (1994). Dwarfs and giants in the 1980s : trends in the UK income distribution. Fiscal Studies, 15(1), 99-118.
  • Coulter, F A E, Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, S P (1994). Equivalence scale relativities and the extent of inequality and poverty. In Creedy, John (Ed.), Taxation, Poverty and Income Distribution . Edward Elgar.
  • Coulter, F A E, Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, S P (1994). Equivalence scales and assessment of income distribution. European Journal of Population,
  • Coulter, F A E, Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, S P (1994). Family fortunes in the 1970s and the 1980s. In Blundell, Richard, Preston, Ian, Walker, Ian (Eds.), The Measurement of Household Welfare (pp. 215-246). Cambridge University Press.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1994). Income inequality and social welfare. In Creedy, John (Ed.), Taxation, Poverty and Income Distribution (pp. 193-219). Edward Elgar.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1994). Inequality changes and income growth. In Eichhorn, Wolfgang (Ed.), Models and Measurement of Welfare and Inequality (pp. 3-26). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Jenkins, SP, Cowell, Frank (1994). Parametric equivalence scales and scale relativities. The Economic Journal, 104(425), 891-900.
  • Jenkins, Stephen P, Cowell, Frank (1993). Dwarfs and giants in the 1980s : The UK income distribution and how it changed. (University College Swansea. Department of Economics discussion paper; 93-03). University College of Swansea, Department of Economics.
  • Cowell, Frank (1993). What's wrong with going underground? International Economic Insights, 15,
  • Coulter, FAE, Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, SP (1992). Equivalence scale relativities and the extent of inequality and poverty. The Economic Journal, 102(414), 1067-1082.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1992). Measurement of income inequality : experimental test by questionnaire. Journal of Public Economics, 47(1), 3-26.
  • Cowell, Frank (1991). Grouping bounds for inequality measures under alternative informational assumptions. Journal of Econometrics, 48(01-Feb), 1-14.
  • Cowell, Frank (1991). Tax sheltering and the cost of evasion. In Sinclair, P J N (Ed.), Taxation, Private Information and Capital (pp. 231-243). Oxford University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (1991). Tax-evasion experiments : an economist's view. In Webley, Paul ... [et al.] (Ed.), Tax Evasion : an Experimental Approach . Cambridge University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (1990). Cheating the government : the economics of evasion. MIT Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (1990). Tax sheltering and the cost of evasion. Journal of Common Market Studies, 42(1), 231-243.
  • Cowell, Frank (1989). Analysis of income distributions using microcomputer technology. In Slottje, Daniel (Ed.), Research on Economic Inequality (pp. 249-267). JAI Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (1989). Honesty is sometimes the best policy. European Economic Review, 33(02-Mar), 605-617.
  • Cowell, Frank, Gordon, J P F (1989). On becoming a ghost. (ESRC research programme in taxation, incentives and the distribution of income; 127 127). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1989). Sampling variance and decomposable inequality measures. Journal of Econometrics, 42(1), 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(89)90073-0
  • Cowell, Frank (1988). On the distribution of lifetime income in a lognormal model. In Hagfors, R (Ed.), Essays on Income Distribution, Economic Welfare and Taxation . Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (Finland).
  • Cowell, Frank, Gordon, FP (1988). Unwillingness to pay : tax evasion and public good provision. Journal of Public Economics, 36(3), 305-321.
  • Cowell, Frank (1987). Analysis of income distribution using microcomputer technology. (Information technology). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1987). Poverty measures, inequality and decomposability. (Taxation, incentives and the distribution of income; no 99). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Cowell, Frank (1987). The economic analysis of tax evasion. In Hey, John D, Lambert, Peter J (Eds.), Surveys in the Economics of Uncertainty (pp. 173-203). Basil Blackwell Publisher.
  • Cowell, Frank (1986). Family splits and income inequality. (ESRC research programme in taxation, incentives and distribution; 77 77). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1986). Microeconomic principles. Philip Allan.
  • Cowell, Frank (1986). Public policy and tax evasion : some problems. In Gaertner, Wulf, Wenig, Alois (Eds.), The Economics of the Shadow Economy . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Cowell, Frank (1986). Welfare benefits and the economics of takeup. (ESRC research programme in taxation, incentives and distribution; 89 89). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Measures of distributional change : an axiomatic approach. Review of Economic Studies, 52(1), 135-151.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Multilevel decomposition of Theil's index of inequality. Review of Income and Wealth, 31(2), 201-205. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.1985.tb00508.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Overview. In Volker, P (Ed.), The Structure and Duration of Unemployment : Conference Overview . Australia. Bureau of Labour Market Research.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Tax evasion with labour income. Journal of Public Economics, 26(1), 19-34.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). "A fair suck of the sauce bottle" or what do you mean by inequality? Economic Record, 61(2), 567-579. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.1985.tb02012.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1984). The structure of American income inequality. Review of Income and Wealth, 30(3), 351-375.
  • Atkinson, Anthony B., Cowell, Frank (1983). Panel data on incomes : a selection of the papers presented at a conference on the analysis of panel data on incomes 24/25 June 1982 at the International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Cowell, Frank, Mehta, F (1982). The estimation and interpolation of inequality measures. Review of Economic Studies, 49(2), 273-290.
  • Cowell, Frank, Kuga, K (1981). Additivity and the Entropy concept : an axiomatic approach to inequality measure. Journal of Economic Theory, 25(1), 131-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(81)90020-X
  • Cowell, Frank, Kuga, K (1981). Inequality measurement : an axiomatic approach. European Economic Review, 15(3), 287-305.
  • Cowell, Frank (1981). Taxation and labour supply with risky activities. Economica, 48(192), 365-379.
  • Cowell, Frank (1980). Generalized entropy and the measurement of distributional change. European Economic Review, 13(1), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2921(80)90051-3
  • Cowell, Frank (1980). On the structure of additive inequality measures. Review of Economic Studies, 47(3), 521-531.
  • Cowell, Frank (1979). The definition of lifetime income. (Institute for Research on Poverty discussion paper 566-79). University of Wisconsin.
  • Cowell, Frank (1979). Income and incentives for the working poor. Three Banks Review, 32-48.
  • Cowell, Frank (1977). Measuring inequality. Philip Allan.
  • Cowell, Frank (1977). Measuring inequality : techniques for the social sciences. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Cowell, Frank, Kuga, K (1976). Inequality measures and the integrability problem. (Department of Economics discussion paper 11). University of Keele.
  • Cowell, Frank (1975). Income tax incidence in an ageing population. European Economic Review, 6(4), 343-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-2921(75)90002-1
  • Cowell, Frank (1975). On the estimation of a lifetime income : a correction. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 70(351), 588-589.
  • Cowell, Frank (1975). Some notes on progression and risk-taking. Economica, 42(167), 313-318.
  • Cowell, Frank (1974). Income tax incidence in an ageing population : an examination of the measurement of income redistribution. University of Keele.
    • LSE Health
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (20 April 2021) COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (8 April 2021) COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2021). How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion? (IZA discussion paper 14103). Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. Research on Economic Inequality, 21, 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021004
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, Wulf (2012). Distributional orderings: an approach with seven flavors. Theory and Decision, 73(3), 381-399.
    • STICERD
  • Cowell, Frank A., Flachaire, Emmanuel (2018). Measuring mobility. Quantitative Economics, 9(2), 865-901. https://doi.org/10.3982/QE512
  • Chen, Yi, Cowell, Frank A. (2017). Mobility in China. Review of Income and Wealth, 63(2), 203-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12214
  • Cowell, Frank (2016). Inequality and poverty measures. In Adler, Matthew D., Fleurbaey, Marc (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy . Oxford University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Fleurbaey, Marc, Tungodden, Bertil (2015). The tyranny puzzle in social preferences: an empirical investigation. Social Choice and Welfare, 45(4), 765-792. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-015-0880-9
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). How European integration influences the way we think about redistribution of income.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Van Kerm, Philippe (2015). Wealth inequality: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(4), 671-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12114 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CESifo working paper 5412). CESifo Group.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank, Dardanoni, Valentino (2015). Do we value mobility? Social Choice and Welfare, 44(2), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-014-0839-2
  • Cowell, Frank A., Davidson, Russell, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2015). Goodness of fit: an axiomatic approach. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 33(1), 54-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2014.922470 picture_as_pdf
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2014). Methods for distributional analysis. In Atkinson, Anthony B., Bourguignon, F. (Eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution (pp. 359-466). Elsevier (Firm).
  • Cowell, Frank A. (2014). Piketty in the long run. British Journal of Sociology, 65(4), 708-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12108
  • Cowell, Frank A., Flachaire, Emmanuel, Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra (2013). Reference distributions and inequality measurement. Journal of Economic Inequality, 11(4), 421-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-012-9238-z
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Hills, John, Bastagli, Francesca, Cowell, Frank, Glennerster, Howard, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Wealth distribution, accumulation and policy. (CASEbriefs 33). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Bernasconi, Michele, Cowell, Frank A., Dardanoni, Valentino (2013). Do we value mobility? (Public Economics Programme Papers PEP 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Chen, Yi, Cowell, Frank A. (2013). Mobility in China. (Public Economics Programme Papers PEP 18). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality. (CASEpapers 168). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Menéndez, Ana Jesús López, Cowell, Frank (2013). Inequality and economic growth: vicious or virtuous circles? Revista Galega de Economia, 22(2), 15-36.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. Research on Economic Inequality, 21, 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021004
  • Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2012). Mapping and measuring the distribution of householdwealth: a cross-country analysis. (CASEpapers 165). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, Wulf (2012). Distributional orderings: an approach with seven flavors. Theory and Decision, 73(3), 381-399.
  • Cowell, Frank (2012). Bequests, taxation and the distribution of income and wealth. Hacienda Pública Española, 200(1), 75-93.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Fiorio, Carlo V. (2011). Inequality decompositions—a reconciliation. Journal of Economic Inequality, 9(4), 509-528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9176-1
  • Cowell, Frank, Kanbur, Ravi (2011). Introduction to the symposium on “Inequality: new directions”. Journal of Economic Inequality, 9(3), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-011-9185-0
  • Cowell, Frank (2011). Inequality among the wealthy. (CASEpapers 150). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2011). Measuring mobility. (Public Economics Programme Papers 09). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2011). Measuring inequality. Oxford University Press.
  • Cowell, Frank (2010). Distributional change. In Deutsch, Joseph, Silber, Jacques (Eds.), The Measurement of Individual Well-Being and Group Inequalities: Essays in Memory of Z. M. Berrebi . Routledge.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Ramos, Xavier (2010). Poles apart: an analysis of the meaning of polarization. Review of Income and Wealth, 56(1), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00361.x
  • Bosmans, Kristof, Cowell, Frank (2010). The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures. Economics Letters, 109(3), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.09.007
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel, Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra (2009). Goodness-of-fit: an economic approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers DARP 101). The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fiorio, Carlo V. (2009). Inequality decomposition: a reconciliation. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers DARP 100). The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Bosmans, Kristof, Cowell, Frank (2009). The class of absolute decomposable inequality measures. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers DARP 99). The Toyota Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Cowell, Frank, Witztum, Amos (Eds.) (2009). Lionel Robbins’s essay on the nature and significance of economic science: 75th anniversary conference proceedings. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank A., Gaertner, Wulf (2009). To be or not to be involved: a questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi’s utilitarian ethics. Social Choice and Welfare, 32(2), 299-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-008-0324-x
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Problems and promise of smart cards in taxation. National Tax Journal, 61(4), 865-882.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2008). Inequality and envy. In Bishop, John, Zheng, Buhong (Eds.), Inequality and Opportunity: Papers From the Second Ecineq Society Meeting (pp. 37-47). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(08)16002-1
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Income distribution and inequality. In Davis, John .B, Dolfsma, Wilfred (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to Social Economics (pp. 209-227). Edward Elgar.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Inequality: measurement. In Durlauf, Steven N, Blume, Lawrence. E (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Gini, deprivation and complaints. In Betti, Gianni, Lemmi, Archille (Eds.), Advances on Income Inequality and Concentration Measures (pp. 25-44). Routledge.
  • Cowell, Frank (2008). Modelling Lorenz curves: robust and semi-parametric issues. In Chotikapanich, Duangkamon (Ed.), Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves (pp. 241-245). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Ameil, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Davidovitz, Liema, Polovin, Avraham (2008). Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions. Social Choice and Welfare, 30(2), 305-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-007-0234-3
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, E. (2007). Income distribution and inequality measurement: the problem of extreme values. Journal of Econometrics, 141(2), 1044-1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.01.001
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, Wulf (2007). Distributional orderings: an approach with seven flavours. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2007). Income distribution and inequality. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2007). On the measurement of polarisation: a questionnaire study. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2007). Robust stochastic dominance: a semi-parametric approach. Journal of Economic Inequality, 5(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-006-9022-z
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2007). Modelling Lorenz curves: robust and semi-parametric issues. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra, Cowell, Frank (2007). Modelling vulnerability in the UK. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Amiel, Yoram (2007). Social welfare and individual preferences under uncertainty: a questionnaire-experimental approach. In Bishop, John, Amiel, Yoram (Eds.), Inequality and Poverty: Papers From the Society for the Study of Economic Inequalities Inaugural Meeting (pp. 345-364). Elsevier (Firm).
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, U (2006). Inequality and envy. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Inequality: measurement. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, M.P. (2006). Distributional dominance with trimmed data. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 24(3), 291-300.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Gini, deprivation and complaints. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Fiorio, Carlo V. (2006). Rethinking inequality decomposition: comment. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bayer, R, Cowell, Frank (2006). Tax compliance and firms' strategic interdependence. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Gaertner, W (2006). To be or not to be involved: a questionnaire-experimental view on Harsanyi's utilitarian ethics. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra, Cowell, Frank (2006). Vulnerable households and variable incomes. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Barcena, E, Cowell, Frank (2006). Static and dynamic poverty in Spain, 1993-2000. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Microeconomics: principles and analysis. Oxford University Press.
  • Barcena, E, Cowell, Frank (2006). Static and dynamic poverty in Spain, 1993-2000. Hacienda Pública Española, 179, 51-77.
  • Cowell, Frank (2006). Theil, inequality indices and decomposition. Research on Economic Inequality, 13, 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13012-4
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2004). Complaints and inequality. Social Choice and Welfare, 23(1), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-003-0237-7
  • Cowell, Frank (2004). Carrots and sticks in enforcement. In Aaron, H J, Slemrod, J (Eds.), The Crisis in Tax Administration (pp. 230-275). Brookings Institution.
  • Cowell, Frank, Cruces, Guillermo A (2004). Perceptions of inequality and risk. Research on Economic Inequality, 12, 97-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(04)12004-8
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Slottje, Dan J (2004). Why do people violate the transfer principle : evidence from educational sample surveys. Research on Economic Inequality, 11, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(04)11001-6
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2003). Distribution-free inference for welfare indices under complete and incomplete information. Journal of Economic Inequality, 1(3), 191-219. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEI.0000004637.12354.c7
  • Cowell, Frank, Cruces, Guillermo (2003). Perceptions of risk : an experimental approach using internet questionnaires. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 70 DARP 70). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). Theil, inequality and the structure of income distribution. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 67 67). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank, Davidovitz, Leima, Polovin, Avraham (2003). Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 66 66). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (2003). Sticks and carrots. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 68 68). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Abul Naga, Ramses H., Cowell, Frank (2002). Intergenerational mobility in Britain : revisiting the prediction approach of Dearden, Machin and Reed. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 62 62). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ebert, Udo (2002). Complaints and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 61). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Flachaire, Emmanuel (2002). Sensitivity of inequality measures to extreme values. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 60 60). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2002). Welfare rankings in the presence of contaminated data. Econometrica, 70(3), 1221-1234. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0262.00324
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2001). Distributional dominance with dirty data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 51 51). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2001). Risk and inequality perceptions. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 55 55). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (2001). Robust Lorenz curves : a semi-parametric approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 50 DARP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank A., Schokkaert, Erik (2001). Risk perceptions and distributional judgements. European Economic Review, 45(4-6), 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00121-0
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (2000). Attitudes towards risk and inequality : a questionnaire-experimental approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 56 56). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (2000). Estimating welfare indices : household weights and sample design. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 48 48). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1999). Statistical inference for welfare under complete and incomplete information. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 47 47). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Litchfield, Julie, Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999). Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 45 45). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999). Equivalence scales and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 27 27). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Schluter, Christian (1998). Measuring income mobility with dirty data. (CASEpaper CASE/16). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Cowell, Frank, Schluter, Christian (1998). Income mobility : a robust approach. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 37 37). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1998). Measurement of inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 36 36). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1998). Statistical inference for Lorenz curves with censored data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 35 35). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1998). Inheritance and the distribution of wealth. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 34 34). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Litchfield, Julie A (1998). Income distribution in Brazil 1981-1990 : parametric and non-parametric approaches. Journal of Income Distribution, 8(1), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-6437(99)80004-3
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1997). Inequality, welfare and monotonicity. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 29 29). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1997). Income transformation and income inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 24 24). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1996). Estimation of inequality indices. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 25 25). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1996). Family instability, family incomes and inequality. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 12 12). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Litchfield, Julie (1996). Income distribution in Brazil 1981-1990: parametric and non-parametric approaches. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 21 21). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1996). Distributional orderings and the transfer principle : a re-examination. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 14 14). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Robustness properties of inequality measures. Econometrica, 64(1), 77-101.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1996). Welfare judgements in the presence of contaminated data. (Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 13). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1995). How much inequality can we explain?: a methodology and an application to the United States. The Economic Journal, 105(429), 421-430.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1994). The measurement of poverty: an experimental questionnaire investigation. (DARP 5). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P (1994). How much inequality can we explain? A methodology and an application to the USA. (DARP 7). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1994). Robustness properties of poverty indices. (DARP 8). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Amiel, Yoram, Cowell, Frank (1993). Monotonicity and the Pareto principle. (DARP 6). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia (1993). Robustness properties of inequality measures : the influence function and the principle of transfers. (DARP 1). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank (1992). Tax evasion and inequity. Journal of Economic Psychology, 13(4), 521-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4870(92)90010-5
  • Coulter, Fiona A. E., Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1992). Differences in needs and assessment of income distributions. Bulletin of Economic Research, 44(2), 77-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1992.tb00538.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1989). The consequences of progressive income taxation for the shadow economy. In Bös, Dieter, Felderer, Bernhard, Liberty, Fund, Carl-Menger, Institut (Eds.), The Political Economy of Progressive Taxation . Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Cowell, Frank (1988). Inequality decomposition: three bad measures. Bulletin of Economic Research, 40(4), 309-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1988.tb00274.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). The measurement of distributional change: an axiomatic approach. Review of Economic Studies, 52(1), 135-151.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). Limits to redistribution: a commentary. In Neilson, G. W., Enderby, J. E. (Eds.), Water and Aqueous Solutions: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Symposium of the Colston Research Society, Held in the University . A. Hilger.
  • Cowell, Frank (1985). The economic analysis of tax evasion. Bulletin of Economic Research, 37(3), 163-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1985.tb00192.x
  • Cowell, Frank (1981). Income maintenance schemes under wage-rate uncertainty. American Economic Review, 71(4), 692-703.
    • Social Policy
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). How European integration influences the way we think about redistribution of income.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). European identity and redistributive preferences. (CESifo working paper 5412). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2015). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 29(2), 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12061
  • Costa-i-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. (CESifo working paper 4427). CESifo Group.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (CESifo working paper 4440). CESifo Group.
  • Hills, John, Bastagli, Francesca, Cowell, Frank, Glennerster, Howard, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Wealth distribution, accumulation and policy. (CASEbriefs 33). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Hills, John, Bastagli, Francesca, Cowell, Frank, Glennerster, Howard, Karagiannaki, Eleni, McKnight, Abigail (2013). Wealth in the UK: distribution, accumulation, and policy. Oxford University Press.
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2013). Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns. Research on Economic Inequality, 21, 53-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021004
  • Costa-Font, Joan, Cowell, Frank (2012). Social identity and redistributive preferences: a survey. (Public Economics Programme discussion papers PEP 15). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1995). How much inequality can we explain?: a methodology and an application to the United States. The Economic Journal, 105(429), 421-430.
  • Coulter, Fiona A. E., Cowell, Frank, Jenkins, Stephen P. (1992). Differences in needs and assessment of income distributions. Bulletin of Economic Research, 44(2), 77-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1992.tb00538.x