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CAPABILITIES AND UTILITIES
Blanco, Carmen Herrero - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1995
from Sen's point of view, in a framework of economic environments. We simplify the idea of equalizing capabilities by means …
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A new measure of the standard of living based on functionings
Gaertner, Wulf; Xu, Yongsheng - 2005
Human development is about expanding the choices human beings have to lead lives that they value and is captured by its capability sets which consist of various functioning vectors. The standard of living is then reflected in capability sets. This paper proposes some particular ways of measuring...
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Multidimensional poverty and inequality
Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea - 2014
This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it outlines three aspects preliminary to any multidimensional study: the selection of the relevant dimensions; the indicators used to measure them; and the procedures for their...
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A new framework for ethics and economics
Alvey, Jim - 2014
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Urban quality of life and capabilities : an experimental study
Biagi, Bianca; Ladu, Maria Gabriela; Meleddu, Marta - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 150 (2018), pp. 137-152
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Beyond GDP: The Quest for a Measure of Social Welfare.
M. FLEURBAEY. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 3 (2012)
the alternative approaches, particularly the analysis of functionings and capabilities advanced by A. Sen are compatible …
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A new measure of the standard of living based on functionings
Gaertner, Wulf; Xu, Yongsheng - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2005
Human development is about expanding the choices human beings have to lead lives that they value and is captured by its capability sets which consist of various functioning vectors. The standard of living is then reflected in capability sets. This paper proposes some particular ways of measuring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954404
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A new class of measures of the standard of living based on functionings
Gaertner, Wulf; Xu, Yongsheng - In: Economic Theory 35 (2008) 2, pp. 201-215
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Chapter Sixteen - Functionings and Capabilities
Kaushik, Basu; Lòpez-Calva, Luis F. - In: Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare
utility with functionings and capabilities. While the origins of this “capabilities approach” go back to the works of John … to achieve different functionings. While functioning is central to the notion of human well-being, it is not merely the … achieved functionings that matter but the freedom that a person has in choosing from the set of feasible functionings, which is …
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The Capability Approach: a theoretical survey
Robeyns, Ingrid - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 6 (2005) 1, pp. 93-117
approach highlights the difference between means and ends, and between substantive freedoms (capabilities) and outcomes … (achieved functionings). …
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