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Unequal inequality aversion within and among countries and generations
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Résumé |
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Suppose that, for whatever reason, it is decided that inequalities within countries are more offensive than inequalities between countries, and that inequalities between populations living together are more offensive than inequalities between generations living in different times. Can a social welfare function express that preference? We show that it is actually difficult to incorporate such a localist preference into a social welfare function, except in a limited way (i.e., from a situation of specific similarity between countries). We also show that in order to obtain such preferences, the relative size of inequality aversion within and between countries may be counter-intuitive in some relevant cases, in the sense that a greater inequality aversion may happen to be required across countries than within countries. This research highlights new social welfare functions that aggregate the outcomes of evaluations over pairs of agents.
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Auteur(s)
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Marc Fleurbaey
1, 2, 3
, Stéphane Zuber
4, 2, 1
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ( 7550 )
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École normale supérieure - Paris ( 59704 )
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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École des Ponts ParisTech ( 301545 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( 441569 )
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement ( 577435 )
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CNRS -
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
( 441569 )
- France
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ENS-PSL -
École normale supérieure - Paris
( 59704 )
- 45, Rue d'Ulm - 75230 Paris cedex 05
- France
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Université Paris Sciences et Lettres ( 564132 )
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CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UMR8174 ( 7550 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8174 ( 441569 )
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Licence |
Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2023-10
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Description |
Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 2023.14 - ISSN : 1955-611X
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Éditeur scientifique |
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Centre d'Econmie de la Sorbonne - CES UMR 8174
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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D - Microeconomics/D.D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
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D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D64 - Altruism • Philanthropy • Intergenerational Transfers
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D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
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Voir aussi |
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https://centredeconomiesorbonne.cnrs.fr/publications/
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https://paris1.hal.science/CES-DOCS
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Mots-clés |
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inequality aversion, transfer principle, within-country preference
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