Germany has lower posttax income inequality than the United States and hence is doing better according to a strict … egalitarian fairness ideal. On the other hand, the United States is doing better than Germany according to a libertarian fairness … Germany for all levels of responsibility sensitivity. If we, however, demand compensation for the residual, Germany is fairer …

Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone …