Fleurbaey, Marc; Ponthiere, Gregory - In: Journal of Public Economics 103 (2013) C, pp. 68-84
acknowledged that an early death is a serious disadvantage, and that attention should be paid to the compensation of short …-lived individuals. This paper re-examines the compatibility of those two concerns: prevention against early death and compensation for … a concern for compensation. The reason is that if it is socially desirable to raise the number of survivors through …