Professor John Micklewright

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BA, PhD.
    • Professor of Quantitative Social Science
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Policy and Society
  • Department:
    • Department of Quantitative Social Science
  • Summary:
    • John's research interests cover poverty and inequality, labour market flows, education, charitable giving and survey methods. He previously held chairs in Economics at the European University Institute, Florence, and Queen Mary, University of London. Before joining the IOE, he was Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton. He also worked for several years for the UN in the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.
  • Professional Activities:
    • • Research Fellow, CEPR, London, and IZA, Bonn.
      • Member of the ESRC Training and Development Board.
      • Associate editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A).
      • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Economic Inequality.
Professor John Micklewright

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • Department of Quantitative Social Science
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 212
    55-59 Gordon Square, WC1H 0NU

Publications

  • Atkinson, A. B.; Backus P.G.; Micklewright J.; Pharoah, C.; Schnepf S. V. (forthcoming) 'Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK trends over a quarter century', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. series A,
  • Micklewright, J.; Nagy, Gy. (2010) 'The Effect of Monitoring Unemployment Insurance Recipients on Unemployment Duration: Evidence from a Field Experiment', Labour Economics. Vol. 17, 1, pp. 180-187.
  • Micklewright, J.; Schnepf, S. (2010) 'How reliable are income data collected with a single question?', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. (Series A), Vol. 173, 2, pp. 409-430.
    Further information
  • Micklewright, J.; Schnepf, S. (2009) 'Who gives charitable donations for overseas development?', Journal of Social Policy vol.38 (2), pp. 317-341.
  • Jenkins, S.; Micklewright, J.; Schnepf, S. (2008) 'Social segregation in secondary schools: how does England compare with other countries?', Oxford Review of Education vol.34, 1, pp. 21-38.
  • Brown, G.; Micklewright, J.; Schnepf, S.; Waldmann, R. (2007) 'International surveys of educational achievement: how robust are the findings?', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. (Series A), vol.170 (3), pp. 623-46.
  • Jenkins, S.; Micklewright, J. (eds) (2007) Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
  • Bradbury, B.; Jenkins, S.; Micklewright, J. (eds) (2001) The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.