Adult-equivalence scales and the economic implementation of interpersonal comparisons of well-being

DOI10.1007/BF00182510zbMath0783.90006OpenAlexW1988201983MaRDI QIDQ688810

Charles Blackorby, David Donaldson

Publication date: 17 March 1994

Published in: Social Choice and Welfare (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00182510

zbMATH Keywords

equivalence scale exactnessincome-ratio comparabilityindependence of base

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14)

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