Group Inequalities and ‘Scanlan’s Rule’: Two Apparent Conundrums and How We Might Address Them
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Keywords
Groups; Favourable outcomes; Adverse outcomes; Scanlan’s Rule; Equity; Efficiency; Reverse discrimination;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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