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Welfare Comparisons with Bounded Equivalence Scales

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Fleurbaey, M.
Hagnere, C.
Trannoy, A.

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The paper considers the problem of comparing income distributions for heterogeneous populations. Following Atkinson and Bourguignon (1987), we divide the population in different groups of needs and evaluate the social welfare with a utilitarian function. By considering the Generalized Pigou-Dalton principle introduced by Ebert (1995a), we find an implementable condition of dominance which allows to rank more distributions than the Bourguignon criteria (1989).

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Paper provided by Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor. in its series Papers with number 9823.

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Length: 24 pages
Date of creation: 1998
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Handle: RePEc:fth:pnegmi:9823

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Keywords: INCOME DISTRIBUTION ; SOCIAL WELFARE ; UTILITY FUNCTION;

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D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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