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Impartiality and Priority. Part 2: A Characterization with Solidarity

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Juan Moreno-Ternero
John E. Roemer () (Dept. of Political Science, Yale University)

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The ethic of 'priority' is a compromise between the extremely compensatory ethic of 'welfare equality' and the needs-blind ethic of ‘income equality’. We propose an axiom of priority, and characterize resource allocation rules that are impartial, prioritarian, and solidaristic. They comprise a class of rules which equalize across individuals some index of resources and welfare. Consequently, we provide an ethical rationalization for the many applications in which such indices have been used (e.g., the 'human development index,' 'index of primary goods,' etc.).

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Paper provided by Cowles Foundation, Yale University in its series Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers with number 1477B.

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Length: 24 pages
Date of creation: Aug 2004
Date of revision: May 2005
Publication status: Published in Econometrica (2006), 27(5): 311-325
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Keywords: Impartiality; Solidarity; Priority; Allocation rules; Characterization result;

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D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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