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A concern about low relative income, and the alignment of utilitarianism with egalitarianism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stark,   Oded; Kobus,   Martyna; Jakubek,   Marcin.
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
Palavras-chave: Utilitarianism; Income equality; Social welfare maximization; Relative income; Labor and Human Capital; H0; I0; I30; I31.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117257