Data/hora: 16/06/2024 10:20:04

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