Data/hora: 16/06/2024 06:30:32

Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	A concern about low relative income, and the alignment of utilitarianism with egalitarianism	
Autores: 	Stark,   Oded; Kobus,   Martyna; Jakubek,   Marcin.	
Data: 	2011-10-28	
Ano: 	2011	
Palavras-chave: 	Utilitarianism; Income equality; Social welfare maximization; Relative income; Labor and Human Capital; H0; I0; I30; I31.	
Resumo: 	A utilitarian social planner who maximizes social welfare assigns the available income to those who are most efficient in converting income into utility. However, when individuals are concerned about their income falling behind the incomes of others, the optimal income distribution under utilitarianism is equality of incomes.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://purl.umn.edu/117257	
Relação: 	University of Bonn&gt;Center for Development Research (ZEF)&gt;Discussion Papers

ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy

No. 156	
Formato: 	10