Details about Ian Peter Preston

Homepage:	http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctp100
Postal address:	Dept of Economics Gower St London WC1E 6BT
Workplace:	Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London (UCL), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), (more information at EDIRC) Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Inequality and Immigration
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023)

2020

2. The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (185)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (179)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (183)
   See also Journal Article The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (180) (2020)

2019

3. Free Movement, Open Borders and the Global Gains from Labor Mobility
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article Free Movement, Open Borders, and the Global Gains from Labor Mobility, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2019) View citations (16) (2019)

2013

4. The Effect of Immigration on Public Finances
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article The Effect of Immigration on Public Finances, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (53) (2014)

2012

5. Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities
   Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London View citations (234)
   Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2009) View citations (15)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (19)
   See also Journal Article IMMIGRATION, WAGES, AND COMPOSITIONAL AMENITIES, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2012) View citations (236) (2012)
6. The distributional impact of public spending in the UK
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (5)

2011

7. Decomposing Changes in Income Risk Using Consumption Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2008) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Decomposing changes in income risk using consumption data, Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society (2013) View citations (49) (2013)
8. Estimating the Effect of Immigration on Wages
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (5)
   Also in Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2011) View citations (5)

2010

9. Non cooperative household demand
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2008) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Noncooperative household demand, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2011) View citations (37) (2011)
10. Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2004) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration, and Economic Conditions, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2011) View citations (18) (2011)

2008

11. The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (58)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2013) View citations (396) (2013)

2007

12. Demand properties in household Nash equilibrium
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)
13. Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (66)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (9)
    STICERD - Political Economy and Public Policy Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2006)
    See also Journal Article Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (65) (2007)

2006

14. Inequality and income gaps
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Inequality and Income Gaps, Research on Economic Inequality, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2007) (2007)

2005

15. Household Nash Equilibrium with Voluntarily Contributed Public Goods
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (24)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2005) View citations (23)
16. The Impact of Immigration on the UK Labour Market
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (36)
17. Understanding attitudes to immigration: The migration and minority module of the first European Social Survey
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (79)

2004

18. Consumption Inequality, Income Uncertainty and Insurance
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (5)
19. Consumption inequality and partial insurance
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article Consumption Inequality and Partial Insurance, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (641) (2008)
20. Imputing consumption in the PSID using food demand estimates from the CEX
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (38)
21. Income risk and consumption inequality: a simulation study
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (4)
22. Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (54)
    See also Chapter Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
23. Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (53)
    Also in Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (37)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2000) View citations (43)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (295) (2007)

2003

24. The Local Labour Market Effects of Immigration in the UK
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society View citations (20)

2002

25. Deadweight loss and taxation of earned income: evidence from tax records of the UK self-employed
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (11)
26. Estimation of Household Demand Systems with Theoretically Compatible Engel Curves and Unit Value Specifications
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research View citations (3)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2002) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Estimation of household demand systems with theoretically compatible Engel curves and unit value specifications, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (58) (2003)
27. Partial Insurance, Information, and Consumption Dynamics
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (17)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2002) View citations (15)

2000

28. Departures from Slutsky Symmetry in Household Demand Models
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (6)
29. Departures from Slutsky Symmetry in Noncooperative Household Demand Models
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (3)

1998

30. Attitudes to Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (44)
    See also Journal Article Attitudes to Ethic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2001) View citations (182) (2001)
31. Public and private choice in UK health insurance
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (14)
32. Tax price effects on attitudes to hypothecated increases
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)

1997

33. Consumption, inequality and income uncertainty
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Consumption Inequality and Income Uncertainty, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1998) View citations (389) (1998)
34. Demand Systems with Unit Values: A Comparsion of Two Specifications
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
    See also Journal Article Demand systems with unit values:: A comparison of two specifications, Economics Letters, Elsevier (1998) View citations (11) (1998)
35. Estimation of Household Demand Systems Using Unit Value Data
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research View citations (2)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1996) View citations (2)
36. What drives support for higher public spending?
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (4)
    See also Chapter What Drives Support for Higher Public Spending?, Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan (1998) View citations (5) (1998)

1996

37. The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1999) View citations (163) (1999)

1994

38. A comparison of the properties of non-parametric estimates of the generalised entropy class of inequality indices
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
39. Income or consumption in the measurement of inequality and poverty?
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (5)

1993

40. Demand for local public spending
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
41. Fiscal Anarchy in the U.K.: Modelling Poll Tax Noncompliance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Public Policy Discussion Papers, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University
    See also Journal Article Fiscal anarchy in the UK: Modelling poll tax noncompliance, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1997) View citations (14) (1997)
42. Fiscal anarchy in the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
43. Large and small sample distribution of relative poverty statistics
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies

1990

44. ASYMPTOTICALLY VALID INFERENCE FOR A COMMON CLASS OF POVERTY MEASURES WITH AN APPLICATION TO UK REGIONAL POVERTY
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Undated

45. Small Sample Bias in NonParametric Estimates of the Generalised Entropy Class of Inequality Indices
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York
46. The impact of the UK planning system on house prices
    Public Policy Discussion Papers, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University

Journal Articles

2020

1. The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34, (1), 94-121 View citations (180)
   See also Working Paper The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2020) View citations (185) (2020)

2019

2. Free Movement, Open Borders, and the Global Gains from Labor Mobility
   Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 783-808 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Free Movement, Open Borders and the Global Gains from Labor Mobility, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2019) View citations (18) (2019)
3. Principles of Tax Design, Public Policy and Beyond: The Ideas of James Mirrlees, 1936–2018
   Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40, (1), 5-18 View citations (2)

2017

4. Remembering Tony Atkinson
   Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38, 5-6

2014

5. The Effect of Immigration on Public Finances
   Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (580), F569-F592 View citations (53)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Immigration on Public Finances, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2013

6. Decomposing changes in income risk using consumption data
   Quantitative Economics, 2013, 4, (1), 1-37 View citations (49)
   See also Working Paper Decomposing Changes in Income Risk Using Consumption Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (8) (2011)
7. The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (1), 145-173 View citations (396)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2008) View citations (58) (2008)

2012

8. COMMENT: ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION ON WAGES
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (1), 216-223 View citations (47)
9. IMMIGRATION, WAGES, AND COMPOSITIONAL AMENITIES
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10, (1), 78-119 View citations (236)
   See also Working Paper Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities, Norface Discussion Paper Series (2012) View citations (234) (2012)

2011

10. Noncooperative household demand
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2011, 146, (2), 504-527 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Non cooperative household demand, IFS Working Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
11. Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration, and Economic Conditions
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113, (3), 689-711 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2008

12. Consumption Inequality and Partial Insurance
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (5), 1887-1921 View citations (641)
    See also Working Paper Consumption inequality and partial insurance, IFS Working Papers (2004) View citations (74) (2004)

2007

13. Electoral Bias and Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (4), 1473-1510 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper Electoral bias and policy choice: theory and evidence, IFS Working Papers (2007) View citations (66) (2007)
14. Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1), 41 View citations (295)
    See also Working Paper Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series (2004) View citations (53) (2004)

2005

15. The Impact of Immigration on the British Labour Market
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (507), F324-F341 View citations (269)
16. The Labour Market Effects of Immigration
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (507), F297-F299 View citations (24)

2003

17. Cheating in Contests
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2003, 19, (4), 612-624 View citations (86)
18. Estimation of household demand systems with theoretically compatible Engel curves and unit value specifications
    Journal of Econometrics, 2003, 114, (2), 221-241 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper Estimation of Household Demand Systems with Theoretically Compatible Engel Curves and Unit Value Specifications, ZEW Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)

2002

19. From Earnings Inequality to Consumption Inequality
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (478), C52-C59 View citations (37)

2001

20. Attitudes to Ethic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (470), 353-73 View citations (182)
    See also Working Paper Attitudes to Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions, CEPR Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (44) (1998)

2000

21. Racial Discrimination in English football
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 47, (4), 342-363 View citations (18)
22. Tax price effects on attitudes to hypothecated tax increases
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 75, (3), 417-438 View citations (4)
23. Urban Grassroots Nongovernmental Organizations in Bombay: A Suggested Typology
    Environment and Planning C, 2000, 18, (4), 453-468 View citations (1)

1999

24. The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?
    Journal of Public Economics, 1999, 72, (2), 155-181 View citations (163)
    See also Working Paper The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?, IFS Working Papers (1996) View citations (13) (1996)
25. Welfare measurement in labour supply models with nonlinear budget constraints
    Journal of Population Economics, 1999, 12, (3), 343-361 View citations (27)

1998

26. Consumption Inequality and Income Uncertainty
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (2), 603-640 View citations (389)
    See also Working Paper Consumption, inequality and income uncertainty, IFS Working Papers (1997) View citations (55) (1997)
27. Demand systems with unit values:: A comparison of two specifications
    Economics Letters, 1998, 58, (3), 281-290 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Demand Systems with Unit Values: A Comparsion of Two Specifications, ZEW Discussion Papers (1997) (1997)
28. Private and public health insurance in the UK
    European Economic Review, 1998, 42, (3-5), 491-497 View citations (43)

1997

29. Fiscal anarchy in the UK: Modelling poll tax noncompliance
    Journal of Public Economics, 1997, 64, (2), 137-152 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Fiscal Anarchy in the U.K.: Modelling Poll Tax Noncompliance, NBER Working Papers (1993) View citations (2) (1993)

1996

30. Corrigendum: Sampling Distributions of Relative Poverty Statistics
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 1996, 45, (3), 399-399

1995

31. Demand for Local Public Spending: Evidence from the British Social Attitudes Survey
    Economic Journal, 1995, 105, (430), 644-60 View citations (13)
32. Income, expenditure and the living standards of UK households
    Fiscal Studies, 1995, 16, (3), 40-54 View citations (24)
33. Sampling Distributions of Relative Poverty Statistics
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 1995, 44, (1), 91-99 View citations (29)

1994

34. Life-cycle expenditure allocations and the consumption costs of children
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (7), 1391-1410 View citations (31)

1991

35. Adult equivalence scales: a life-cycle perspective
    Fiscal Studies, 1991, 12, (3), 16-29 View citations (2)

1988

36. Invariance and the Axiomatics of Income Tax Progression: A Comment
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1988, 40, (2), 159-63 View citations (10)

1986

37. Inequality, Poverty and the Redistribution of Income
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1986, 38, (4), 275-344 View citations (16)
38. Taxes, benefits and the distribution of income, 1968-83
    Fiscal Studies, 1986, 7, (4), 18-27

Edited books

2009

1. The Measurement of Household Welfare
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2003

2. The Economics of Public Spending
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (8)

1994

3. The Measurement of Household Welfare
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (145)

Chapters

2010

1. Seizing the Moment: A Blueprint for Reform of World Cricket
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2007

2. Inequality and Income Gaps
   A chapter in Equity, 2007, pp 33-56
   See also Working Paper Inequality and income gaps, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2006

3. Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses
   A chapter in The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, 2006, pp 3-34 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2004) View citations (54) (2004)
4. The Economics of Cricket
   Chapter 61 in Handbook on the Economics of Sport, 2006

1998

5. What Drives Support for Higher Public Spending?
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper What drives support for higher public spending?, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1997) View citations (4) (1997)