Stephen P. Jenkins is Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, and Chairperson of the Council of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth. He is also a Research Professor at DIW Berlin, and Research Fellow of IZA Bonn and CHILD Turin. Previously he was Professor of Applied Economics at University of Wales Swansea.John Micklewright is Professor in Social Statistics in the School of Social Sciences and Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton. He is also a a Research Fellow of CEPR, London, and IZA, Bonn. Previously he was Professor of Economics at the European University Institute, Florence, and Queen Mary, University of London.

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• INTRODUCTION ; 1. New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty ; CONCEPTUAL ISSUES ; 2. Inequality is Bad for the Poor ; 3. Measurement of Income Distribution in Supranational Entities: The Case of the European Union ; 4. Beyond Conventional Measures of Income: Including Indirect Benefits and Taxes ; 5. Inequality Within the Household Reconsidered ; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS ; 6. Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries ; 7. On the Multidimensionality of Poverty and Social Exclusion ; 8. Summarizing Multiple Deprivation Indicators ; 9. Robust Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons with Discrete Indicators of Well-Being ; PUBLIC POLICY ; 10. A Guaranteed Income for Europe's Children? ; 11. The Impact of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Earnings and Employment in the USA ; 12. Minimum Wages, Training, and the Distribution of Earnings ; 13. Government Debt and the Portfolios of the Rich

Stephen P. Jenkins is Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, and Chairperson of the Council of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth. He is also a Research Professor at DIW Berlin, and Research Fellow of IZA Bonn and CHILD Turin. Previously he was Professor of Applied Economics at University of Wales Swansea.John Micklewright is Professor in Social Statistics in the School of Social Sciences and Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton. He is also a a Research Fellow of CEPR, London, and IZA, Bonn. Previously he was Professor of Economics at the European University Institute, Florence, and Queen Mary, University of London.

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• INTRODUCTION ; 1. New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty ; CONCEPTUAL ISSUES ; 2. Inequality is Bad for the Poor ; 3. Measurement of Income Distribution in Supranational Entities: The Case of the European Union ; 4. Beyond Conventional Measures of Income: Including Indirect Benefits and Taxes ; 5. Inequality Within the Household Reconsidered ; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS ; 6. Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries ; 7. On the Multidimensionality of Poverty and Social Exclusion ; 8. Summarizing Multiple Deprivation Indicators ; 9. Robust Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons with Discrete Indicators of Well-Being ; PUBLIC POLICY ; 10. A Guaranteed Income for Europe's Children? ; 11. The Impact of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Earnings and Employment in the USA ; 12. Minimum Wages, Training, and the Distribution of Earnings ; 13. Government Debt and the Portfolios of the Rich