utilitarian social welfare function yields a simple welfare measure which comprises both GDP and income inequality as measured by …

inequality by considering the corresponding relative and absolute ethical inequality indices. -- Progressive Transfers ; Welfare … ; Inequality ; Deprivation ; Lorenz Dominance ; Extended Gini Social Welfare Functions …

utilitarian social welfare function yields a simple welfare measure which comprises both GDP and income inequality as measured by …

inequity, whether across states of world (uncertainty), across individuals (inequality) and across generations …

We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are … generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing inequality motivates more productive agents to exert higher efforts and help … disadvantageous inequality. Moreover, the more inequity averse the agents, the more inequality should be imposed even by an …

Studies of inequality often ignore resource allocation within the household. In doing so they miss an important element …, measures of inequality that ignore intra household allocations are both incomplete and misleading. We discuss determinants of …

Does foreign aid enhance aggregate human welfare? This paper attempts to answer this question by using a panel of …