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Disability compensation and responsibility

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  • Alexander W. Cappelen

    (The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway, Alexander.Cappelen@nhh.no)

  • Ole Frithjof Norheim

    (University of Bergen, Norway)

  • Bertil Tungodden

    (The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway)

Abstract

It is a central political goal to secure disabled individuals the same opportunities as others to pursue their conception of a good life. This goal reflects an ambition to combine an egalitarian and a liberal moral intuition. In this article, we analyse how disabled individuals who take part in economic activity should be compensated in order to respect these two intuitions. The article asks how a system of disability compensation should be structured and what the level of such compensation should be. It also analyses how the answers to these questions depend on whether the disabled individuals are held responsible for their choice of work effort.

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  • Alexander W. Cappelen & Ole Frithjof Norheim & Bertil Tungodden, 2010. "Disability compensation and responsibility," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 9(4), pages 411-427, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:9:y:2010:i:4:p:411-427
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X09359154
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    Cited by:

    1. Alexander Max Bauer & Frauke Meyer & Jan Romann & Mark Siebel & Stefan Traub, 2022. "Need, equity, and accountability," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 59(4), pages 769-814, November.
    2. Alexander Cappelen & Bertil Tungodden, 2011. "Distributive interdependencies in liberal egalitarianism," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 36(1), pages 35-47, January.

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