2026 Frank A. Cowell: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	49	259	229	41	38	283	11960
Economics and Finance	50	1370	1219	152	137	292	12482

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Frank A. Cowell is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly focuses on social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance, with significant contributions in the intersections of health and inequality.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their work spans various subfields, notably:

General Health Professions
Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Sociology and Political Science
Health

Research topics explored by Frank A. Cowell include:

Global Health Care Issues
Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Health disparities and outcomes
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Employment and Welfare Studies
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Among the frequently co-authored collaborators are Joan Costa-Font, Xuezhu Shi, Emmanuel Flachaire, Miqdad Asaria, and Morten Nyborg Støstad. Notably, Joan Costa-Font has coauthored 16 papers with Cowell.

Key publication venues for Frank A. Cowell's work include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Journal of Economic Inequality
Review of Income and Wealth
Social Choice and Welfare
Health Economics

Selected recent publications demonstrate the focus and range of their research:

Inequality Measurement and The Rich: Why Inequality Increased More Than We Thought, 2023, Review of Income and Wealth
How does exposure to COVID-19 influence health and income inequality aversion?, 2023, Social Choice and Welfare
How Does Exposure to COVID-19 Influence Health and Income Inequality Aversion?, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
Inequality as an Externality: Consequences for Tax Design, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
Measuring pure health inequality and mobility during a health insurance expansion: Evidence from Mexico, 2021, Health Economics

Frank A. Cowell's body of work addresses complex issues relating to economic inequality, health disparities, and policy impacts on welfare and fiscal systems. Their collaborations and publications reflect multidisciplinary approaches bridging economic theory, health metrics, and social policy analysis.

Best Publications

Measurement of inequality

Frank Cowell

1135
Citations
Cheating the Government: The Economics of Evasion

Frank A. Cowell

945
Citations
On the Structure of Additive Inequality Measures

Frank A. Cowell

710
Citations
Equivalence scale relativities and the extent of inequality and poverty

Fiona A. E. Coulter;Frank A. Cowell;Stephen P. Jenkins

605
Citations
Measuring Inequality

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474
Citations
Income distribution and inequality measurement: the problem of extreme values

Frank A. Cowell;Emmanuel Flachaire

469
Citations
Economic Inequality and Income Distribution

David Gawen Champernowne;Frank A. Cowell

466
Citations
How Much Inequality Can we Explain? A Methodology and an Application to the United States

Frank A. Cowell;Stephen P. Jenkins

437
Citations
Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions

Yoram Amiel;Frank Cowell

435
Citations
Unwillingness to pay: Tax evasion and public good provision

Frank A. Cowell;James P.F. Gordon

388
Citations
DIFFERENCES IN NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS

Fiona A. E. Coulter;Frank A. Cowell;Stephen P. Jenkins

381
Citations
Measurement of income inequality : experimental test by questionnaire

Yoram Amiel;Frank A. Cowell

330
Citations
Additivity and the entropy concept: An axiomatic approach to inequality measurement

Frank A Cowell;Kiyoshi Kuga

304
Citations
Robustness properties of inequality measures

Frank A. Cowell;Maria-Pia Victoria-Feser

288
Citations
Thinking about Inequality

Yoram Amiel;Frank Cowell

259
Citations
THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TAX EVASION

Frank A. Cowell

258
Citations
Tax evasion and inequity

Frank Cowell

255
Citations
Tax evasion with labour income

Frank A. Cowell;Frank A. Cowell

247
Citations
Inequality measurement : an axiomatic approach

Frank A. Cowell;Kiyoshi Kuga

224
Citations
Parametric equivalence scales and scale relativities

Stephen P. Jenkins;Frank A. Cowell

224
Citations
Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain.

Robert J. Lampman;A. B. Atkinson;A. J. Harrison

215
Citations
Generalized entropy and the measurement of distributional change

Frank A. Cowell

179
Citations
Sampling variance and decomposable inequality measures

Frank A. Cowell

174
Citations
Thinking about Inequality: Inequality analysis: a summary of concepts and results

Yoram Amiel;Frank Cowell

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science

Joan Costa-Font London School of Economics and Political Science

Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science

John Hills London School of Economics and Political Science

Howard Glennerster London School of Economics and Political Science

Marc Fleurbaey Paris School of Economics

Bertil Tungodden Norwegian School of Economics

Erik Schokkaert KU Leuven

Russell Davidson McGill University

Ravi Kanbur Cornell University

External Links

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