Academic career

Between January 2001 and April 2009 he was Director of UNU-WIDER.
Prior to that he was Professor at the London School of Economics and before that he worked at the University of Essex

University of Essex

The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...

. He has also had several visiting appointments in the US, Canada, Italy, and Russia.

He has many publications in leading economic journals on income and wealth distribution, inequality, poverty, and mobility.

Education

His first degree was a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....

. This was followed by a Masters in Economics from Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

. He took his Ph.D. in Economics at the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

 in 1973 (being awarded the Bowley Prize in 1975).

Noted works

• (1996) Separability and Aggregation: The Collected Works of W.M. Gorman, Volume I (co-edited with C. Blackorby) ISBN 9780198285212
• (2003) Perspectives on Growth and Poverty ISBN 928081091X
• (2004) Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Prospects for Pro-poor Economic Development ISBN 9780199268658
• (2007) Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics ISBN 9780230019041

External links

• UNU-WIDER : Former Director. Page for Anthony Shorrocks at UNU-WIDER.