Abstract
In this note, we study two principles of proportional transfers which are more egalitarian than the Pigou-Dalton principle of transfer, and derive the constraints that such principles impose on an additive social welfare function in a general setting and on the optimal growth path in an intertemporal setting.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Mathematical social sciences |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Social Sciences
- General Psychology
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Keywords
- D31
- D63
- D90
- Inequality aversion
- Principle of transfer