In close interaction, group allocations are often fair due to our desire to betreated fairly and to act fairly. When this desire conflicts with other strong motivationsa typical reaction is to trade off fairness against these other concerns. Inequ(al)ity aversion allows capturing such trade off...

A firm with stochastic demand can rely on hired hands when demand is low and rent additionallabour when demand is higher. For high demand this implies the co-employmentof hired hands, paid directly by the firm, and of rented hands who are paid by a rentalagency. This may cause severe problems if...