Jenkins, Stephen


Professor Stephen Jenkins  

Department

Position held

Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD)

Department of Social Policy

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), Bonn

Research Fellow

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin

Research Professor

University of Essex

Visiting Professor

Center for Household, Income and Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD), Turin

Research Fellow

Experience keywords:

benefits; survival analysis; poverty dynamics; econometrics; income inequality and poverty

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Stephen Jenkins has wide-ranging substantive research interests in the analysis of the distribution of income and its redistribution through taxation, social security and the labour market. Recent research includes work on trends in inequality and poverty measurement; income mobility and poverty dynamics; labour supply and social security benefit receipt. Stephen also has research interests in quantitative research methods for analysis of income distribution in particular, and applied microeconometrics more generally, especially survival analysis.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Financial ServicesPublic Administration

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Europe; UK; USA

Languages:

German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6527

Publications

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2013

Jenkins, Stephen P. and van Kerm, Philippe (2013) The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty. Social indicators research, ISSN 0303-8300

2012

Burkhauser, Richard V. and Feng, Shuaizhang and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Larrimore, Jeff (2012) Recent trends in top income shares in the USA: reconciling estimates from March CPS and IRS tax return data. Review of economics and statistics, 94 (2). pp. 371-388. ISSN 0034-6535

2011

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2011) Changing fortunes: income mobility and poverty dynamics in Britain. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199226436

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Burkhauser, Richard V. and Feng, Shuaizhang and Larrimore, Jeff (2011) Measuring inequality using censored data: a multiple-imputation approach to estimation and inference. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: series A (statistics in society), 174 (1). pp. 63-81. ISSN 0964-1998

Lynn, Peter and Jäckle, Annette and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Sala, Emanuela (2011) The impact of questioning method on measurement error in panel survey measures of benefit receipt: evidence from a validation study. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: series A (statistics in society), Online ISSN 0964-1998

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2011) Has the instability of personal incomes been increasing? National institute economic review, 218 (1). ISSN 0027-9501

2010

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Lambert, Peter J. (2010) Robert Moffitt and Peter Gottschalk’s 1995 paper ‘Trends in the covariance structure of earnings in the US: 1969–1987’. The journal of economic inequality, ISSN 1569-1721

Francesconi, Marco and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Siedler, Thomas (2010) The effect of lone motherhood on the smoking behavior of young adults. Health economics, 19 (11). pp. 1377-1384. ISSN 1057-9230

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2010) The British Household Panel Survey and its income data. ISER working paper, 2010-33. Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Bardasi, Elena and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2010) The gender gap in private pensions. Bulletin of economic research, 62 (4). pp. 343-363. ISSN 0307-3378

Burkhauser, Richard V. and Feng, Shuaizhang and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Larrimore, Jeff (2010) Estimating trends in US income inequality using the Current Population Survey: the importance of controlling for censoring. The journal of economic inequality, Online ISSN 1569-1721

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2010) Comparisons of BHPS and HBAI distributions of net household income: 1994–2006. Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Hills, John and Brewer, Mike and Jenkins, Stephen P and Lister, Ruth and Lupton, Ruth and Machin, Stephen and Mills, Colin and Modood, Tariq and Rees, Teresa and Riddell, Sheila (2010) An anatomy of economic inequality in the UK: report of the National Equality Panel. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Francesconi, Marco and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Siedler, Thomas (2010) Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes: evidence for Germany. Journal of population economics, 23 (3). pp. 1201-1231. ISSN 0933-1433

Jäntti, Markus and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2010) The impact of macroeconomic conditions on income inequality. The journal of economic inequality, 8 (2). pp. 221-240. ISSN 1569-1721

2009

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2009) Spaghetti unravelled: a model-based description of differences in income-age trajectories. ISER working paper, 2009-30. Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2009) Distributionally-sensitive inequality indices and the GB2 income distribution. Review of income and wealth, 55 (2). pp. 392-398. ISSN 0034-6586

Taylor, Mark and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Sacker, Amanda (2009) Financial capability and wellbeing: evidence from the BHPS. Financial Services Authority, London, UK

Burkhauser, Richard V. and Feng, Shuaizhang and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2009) Using the P90/P10 index to measure U.S. inequality trends with current population survey data: a view from inside the census bureau vaults. Review of income and wealth, 55 (1). pp. 166-185. ISSN 0034-6586

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2009) The measurement of economic inequality. In: Salverda, Weimer and Nolan, Brian and Smeeding, Timothy M., (eds.) The Oxford handbook of economic inequality . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 40-67. ISBN 80199231379

2008

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2008) Martial splits and income changes over the longer term. In: Brynin, Malcom and Ermisch, John, (eds.) Changing relationships. Routledge , London, UK, pp. 217-236. ISBN 9780415965231

Cappellari, Lorenzo and Jenkins, Stephen P (2008) The dynamics of social assistance receipt: measurement and modelling issues, with an application to Britain. OECD social, employment and migration working papers , DELSA/ELSA/WD/SEM(2008)4. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France

Cappellari, Lorenzo and Jenkins, Stephen P (2008) The dynamics of social assistance receipt: measurement and modelling issues, with an application to Britain. ISER working paper series , No. 2008-34. Institute for Social and Economic Research , Essex, UK

Cappellari, Lorenzo and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2008) Estimating low pay transition probabilities accounting for endogenous selection mechanisms. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: series C (applied statistics), 57 (2). pp. 165-186. ISSN 0035-9254

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Lynn, Peter and Jäckle, Annette and Sala, Emanuela (2008) The feasibility of linking household survey and administrative record data: new evidence for Britain. International journal of social research methodology, 11 (1). pp. 29-43. ISSN 1364-5579

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Micklewright, John and Schnepf, Sylke (2008) Social segregation in secondary schools: how does England compare with other countries? Oxford review of education, 34 (1). pp. 21-37. ISSN 0305-4985

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Berthoud , Richard and Burton , Jonathan (2008) Income and poverty: the rubber band theory. Institute for Social and Economic Research, Colchester, UK

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2008) Review of Applied Health Economics by Jones, Rice, Bago d'Uva, and Balia. The stata journal, 8 (1). pp. 122-128. ISSN 1536-867X

Frick, Joachim R. and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Lillard, Dean R. and Lipps, Oliver and Wooden , Mark (2008) Die internationale einbettung des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) im rahmen des Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF). Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 3 pp. 110-129. ISSN 0340-1707

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Cappellari, Lorenzo (2008) Transitions between unemployment and low pay. In: Polacek, Solomon and Tatsiramos, Konstantinos, (eds.) Work, earnings and other aspects of the employment relation. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bingley, UK, pp. 57-79. ISSN 0147-9121

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Jäntti, Markus (2008) Methods for summarizing and comparing wealth distributions. Construction and Usage of Comparable Microdata on Household Wealth:The Luxembourg Wealth Study. Banca d'Italia

Jenkins, Stephen P. and van Kerm, Philippe (2008) Has income growth in Britain become more pro-poor? In:30th General Conference of The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (Portoroz, Slovenia : 24-30 August 2008).

2007

Jenkins, Stephen P and Micklewright, John (2007) Inequality and poverty re-examined. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199218110

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2007) New directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty. In: Micklewright, John, (ed.) Inequality and poverty re-examined . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 3-33. ISBN 9780199218110

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2007) 'EU-SILC and welfare measurement' and 'EU-SILC complex income components': discussion. In:Comparative EU statistics on income living conditions: issues and challenges: proceedings of the EU-SILC conference (6-8 Nov 2006 : Helsinki, Finland).

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Cappellari, Lorenzo (2007) Summarizing multiple deprivation indicators. In: Micklewright, John, (ed.) Inequality and poverty re-examined. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 166-184. ISBN 97809218110

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Siedler, Thomas (2007) The intergenerational transmission of poverty in industrialized countries. CPRC working paper. Chronic Poverty Research Centre, Manchester, UK

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Siedler, Thomas (2007) Using household panel data to understand the intergenerational transmission of poverty. CPRC working paper. Chronic Poverty Research Centre, Manchester, UK

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2007) Discussion (of papers on welfare measurement and complex income components). In:Comparative EU statistics on income and living conditions: issues and challenges: proceedings of the EU-SILC conference (6-8 November 2006 : Helsinki, Finland).

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2007) Approaches to modelling poverty dynamics. In:Dynamic Analysis Using Panel Data – Applications to Poverty and Social Exclusion (25 June 2007 : Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Torino), Italy).

Frick, Joachim R. and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Lillard, Dean R. and Lipps, Oliver and Wooden , Mark (2007) The Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) and its member country household panel studies. Schmollers Jahrbuch: journal of applied social science studies , 127 (4). pp. 627-654. ISSN 1439-121X

2006

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Cappellari, Lorenzo and Lynn, Peter and Jäckle, Annette and Sala, Emanuela (2006) Patterns of consent: evidence from a general household survey. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: series A (statistics in society), 169 (4). pp. 701-722. ISSN 0964-1998

Lynn, Peter and Jäckle, Annette and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Sala, Emanuela (2006) The effects of dependent interviewing on responses to questions on income sources. Journal of official statistics, 22 (3). pp. 357-384. ISSN 0282-423X

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Golsch, Katrin and Haardt, David (2006) Late careers and career exits in Britain. In: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Bucholz, Sandra and Hofacker, Dirk, (eds.) Globalization, uncertainty and late careers in society . Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 183-2009. ISBN 9780415376457

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2006) Trends in income inequality, pro-poor income growth, and income mobility. Oxford economic papers, 58 (3). pp. 531-548. ISSN 0030-7653

Biewen, Martin and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2006) Variance estimation for generalized entropy and Atkinson inequality indices: the complex survey data case. Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 68 (3). pp. 371-383. ISSN 0305-9049

Cappellari, Lorenzo and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2006) Calculation of multivariate normal probabilities by simulation, with applications to maximum simulated likelihood estimation. The stata journal, 6 (2). pp. 156-189. ISSN 1536-867X

Böheim, René and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2006) A comparison of current and annual measures of income in the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of official statistics, 22 (4). pp. 733-758. ISSN 0282-423X

Francesconi, Marco and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Siedler, Thomas and Wagner, Gert G. (2006) Einfluss der Familienform auf den Schulerfolg von Kindern nicht nachweisbar. Wochenbericht, (13). pp. 165-169. ISSN 0012-1304

Jenkins, Stephen P. (2006) Estimation and interpretation of measures of inequality, poverty, and social welfare using Stata. In:5th North American Stata Users’ Group Meeting (24-25 July 2006 : Boston, MA, USA).

2005

Biewen, Martin and Jenkins, Stephen P. (2005) A framework for the decomposition of poverty differences with an application to poverty differences between countries. Empirical economics, 30 (2). pp. 331-358. ISSN 0377-7332

Francesconi, Marc and Jenkins, Stephen P. and Siedler, Thomas (2005) The impact of family structure during childhood on later-life attainment. Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, London, UK

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Kerm, Philippe (2005) Accounting for income distribution trends: a density function decomposition approach. The journal of economic inequality, 3 (1). pp. 43-61. ISSN 1569-1721

2004

Jenkins, Stephen P. and Osberg, Lars (2004) Nobody to play with? the implications of leisure coordination. In: Hamermesh , Daniel and Pfann, Gerard, (eds.) The economics of time use: contributions to economic analysis (CEA). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 113-145. ISBN 9780444515346

1995

Cowell, Frank and Jenkins, Stephen P. (1995) How much inequality can we explain?: a methodology and an application to the United States. Economic journal, 105 (429). pp. 421-430. ISSN 0013-0133

1992

Coulter, Fiona A. E. and Cowell, Frank and Jenkins, Stephen P. (1992) Differences in needs and assessment of income distributions. Bulletin of economic research, 44 (2). pp. 77-124. ISSN 0307-3378

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