Dominance criteria for welfare comparisons: using equivalent income to describe differences in needs

DOI10.1007/S11238-009-9140-8MaRDI QIDQ989922zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Udo Ebert

Publication date 23 August 2010

Published in Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-009-9140-8

zbMATH Keywords

social welfaretransfersdiffering needsdominance criterialiving standard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Welfare economics (91B15)

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