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An Adverse Social Welfare Consequence of a Rich-To-Poor Income Transfer : A Relative Deprivation Approach

Stark, Oded - 2017

A transfer from a richer individual to a poorer one seems to be the most intuitive and straightforward way of reducing income inequality in a society. However, can such a transfer reduce the welfare of the society? We show that a rich-to-poor transfer can induce a response in the individuals'...

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Distributional and welfare effects of replacing monetary benefits with iniversal basic income in Spain

Badenes Plá, Nuria; Gambau-Suelves, Borja; Navas … - 2019

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …

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A consistent assessment of social welfare by two methodologies : the theory and evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study database

Kot, Stanisław Maciej; Paradowski, Piotr R. - 2024

consistent assessments of social welfare, inequality and poverty embodied in a given income distribution. Methods: We propose …

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Chapter 24 Selfishness, altruism and normative principles in the economic analysis of social transfers

Blanchet, Didier; Fleurbaey, Marc - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1465-1503). 2006

This chapter examines the role of altruistic motives in the economic analysis of public social transfers, both from a positive and from a normative point of view. The positive question is to know whether we can fully neglect altruistic considerations to explain the development or sustainability...

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Equity and efficiency when needs differ

Berg, Kristoffer; Håvarstein, Morten; Piacquadio, Paolo G. - 2024

There is no consensus on how to measure social welfare and inequality when households have different needs. As we show, a dilemma emerges between holding households responsible for their needs or compensating them. This dilemma is of first-order importance for social welfare, but generally plays...

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Challenging the justice of a basic income policy when focusing on the homeless population : a case study on Germany

Löffler, Verena - 2024

In a given society, those who are least advantaged would allegedly benefit the most from receiving a basic income. However, the merits of such a policy are generally debated according to the effects on society as a whole, not specifically on the most marginalized; thus, the potential benefits of a...

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Equity and Policy Effectiveness with Imperfect Targeting

Duclos, Jean-Yves; Bibi, Sami - 2003

assessment of poverty alleviation programs, with the strength of each criterion being captured through its own inequity …-aversion parameter. This contrasts with the assessment of poverty alleviation programs done with simple under-coverage and leakage ratios … poverty alleviation policies. We find inter alia that the social ranking of commodity and socio-demographic targeting in …

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The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy

Adler, Matthew D. (ed.); Fleurbaey, Marc (ed.) - 2016

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The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy

Adler, Matthew D. (ed.); Fleurbaey, Marc (ed.) - 2016

What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy is a comprehensive,...

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The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy

Adler, Matthew D.; Fleurbaey, Marc - 2016

(such as GDP, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, inequality and poverty metrics, and the concept of the …

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