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A normative framework of justice in climate change

Grasso, Marco - EconWPA - 2004

factor which takes into account all undeserved inequalities, as suggested by Rawls’ theory of justice. With regard to the … inevitable. The related underpinning of justice can be found in principle I of Rawls’ theory of justice. Finally, for the issues … attainable. That is the reason why justice plays a major role in favouring collective action against global warming. In this …

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Exploring the Social and Economic Costs of Abuse in Later lIfe

Spencer, Charmaine - EconWPA - 2000

in health, community, and justice services, as well as private industry (banking, housing, insurance) and government …

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Income Fluctuations, Poverty and Well-Being Over Time: Theory and Application to Argentina

Cruces, Guillermo - EconWPA - 2005

This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing countries and the incidence of income fluctuations on household welfare. While the increasing availability of household panel data has been exploited in theoretical analysis and...

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Poverty and Inequality in Rural Assam An Indicative Study of Seven Villages in Udalguri Subdivision, Assam (India)

Mishra, SK; Daimari, Prasen - EconWPA - 2005

This study is based on primary data collected from randomly chosen 182 households inhabiting seven sample villages in the Udalguri subdivision, Assam (india). It indicates that at least 35.85 percent of the population (and 33.52 percent of households) in the sample villages is below poverty line...

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Knowing what is good for you. Empirical analysis of personal preferences and the 'objective good'

Lelkes, Orsolya - EconWPA - 2005

This paper aims to test empirically if certain frequently used measures of well-being, which are regarded as valuable properties of human life, are actually desired by people. In other words, it investigates whether the “expert judgments” in social science overlap with social consensus on...

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Income Distributions versus Lotteries: Happiness, Response Mode Effects and Preference Reversals

Morone, Andrea; Seidl, Christian; Camacho-Cuena, Eva - EconWPA - 2004

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The nature of human altruism

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - EconWPA - 2004

a powerful force and is unique in the animal world. However, there is much individual heterogeneity and the interaction …

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The Measurement of Income Distribution Dynamics when Demographics are correlated with Income

Grimm, Michael; Cogneau, Denis - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of our paper is to derive instructive analytics on how to account for differentials in demographic variables, in particular mortality, when performing welfare comparisons over time. The idea is to apply various ways of `correcting' estimated income distribution measures for `sample...

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The Impartial Observer Theorem of Social Ethics

Mongin, Philippe - EconWPA - 2005

judgments, especially in matters of distributive justice. This broad ethical tradition was revived in welfare economics by …

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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A WEAK JUDICIARY: INSIGHTS FROM INDIA

Koehling, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2002

This paper examines the empirical relationship between the quality of the Indian judiciary and the economic development of the Indian States and Union Territories. It evaluates this causality by analysing the development of the state-level per capita income and poverty rates. I define the...

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