<link rid="b12">Fleurbaey <i>et al.</i> (2003)</link> develop a bounded dominance test to make robust welfare comparisons, which is intermediate between <link rid="b10">Ebert's (1999)</link> cardinal dominance criterion-generalized Lorenz dominance applied to household incomes, divided and weighted by an equivalence scale-and <link rid="b2">Bourguignon's (1989)</link>...

Different social planners may have different opinions on the well-being of individuals under different social options (Roberts, 1980). If utilities are translation- or ratio-scale measurable, or if the social ranking might be incomplete, or if interplanner comparability is allowed; then there...

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. This paper introduces fairness in a tax-benefit scheme that is based on several characteristics in order to...

Introducing school accountability may create incentives for efficiency. However, if the performance measure used does not correct for pupil characteristics, it will lead to an inequitable treatment of schools and create perverse incentives for cream-skimming. We apply the theory of fair...