Subj:Theoretical issues in welfare economics Date:17/12/02 To:tony.atkinson@nuf.ox.ac.uk File:C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Do quintile studies tell us about income gains.doc (40960 bytes) DL Time (32000 bps): < 1 minute Dear Professor Atkinson Having seen some of your work on poverty in Europe, I would like to ask whether you would be kind enough to direct me towards any economic theorist who could answer the two questions I pose at the end of this short document. My own training is in Classics and subsequently in experimental psychology; I am now writing on a range of unexplored assumptions in economics. The questions concern the relationships between demographic change and economic statistics. Thank you. Matt Berkley