Erik Schokkaert

Biographic Data

ID	82940
NAME	Erik Schokkaert
GIVEN NAMES	Erik
FAMILY NAME	Schokkaert
SIGNATURE	SCHOKKAERT E
AFFILIATIONS	KULeuven and CORE
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	23
TOTAL CITATIONS	25
AUTHOR COUNT	23
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	3

Eliciting Preferences for Well-Being Measurement: A Comparison of Methods
Open AccessShaun Da Costa, Marc Fleurbaey et al.PREPRINTSSRN Electronic Journal2026
Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later
Open AccessWynand P M M Van De Ven, Konstantin Beck et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2024
From the mid-1990s several countries have introduced elements of the model of regulated competition in healthcare. In 2012 we assessed the extent to which in five countries ten important preconditions for achieving efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets were fulfilled. In this paper we assess to what extent the fulfilment of these preconditions has changed ten years later. In 2022, as in 2012, in none of the five countries…
Keeping the Flock Together
Erik SchokkaertARTICLEJournal of Human Development2019Cited by: 1References: 2
status: Published
Introduction to the Special Issue on Justice and Health: Different Perspectives in Different Disciplines
Open AccessYukiko Asada, Erik SchokkaertARTICLESocial Justice Research2019References: 31
Individual Uncertainty About Longevity
Open AccessBrigitte Dormont, Anne-Laure Samson et al.ARTICLEDemography2018Cited by: 5References: 23
This article presents an assessment of individual uncertainty about longevity. A survey performed on 3,331 French people enables us to record several survival probabilities per individual. On this basis, we compute subjective life expectancies (SLE) and subjective uncertainty regarding longevity (SUL), the standard deviation of each individual’s subjective distribution of her or his own longevity. It is large and equal to more than 10 years for m…
Wellbeing Inequality and Preference Heterogeneity
Open AccessKoen Decancq, Marc Fleurbaey et al.ARTICLEEconomica2017Cited by: 2References: 30
Standard measures of multidimensional inequality (implicitly) assume common preferences for all individuals, and hence are not sensitive to preference heterogeneity among members of society. In this paper, we measure the inequality of the distribution of equivalent incomes, which is a preference‐sensitive multidimensional wellbeing measure. To quantify the contribution of preference heterogeneity to wellbeing inequality, we use a decomposition me…
Putting Inequality in Context
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Human Development2016References: 1
status: Published
Fairness in Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Application to Health Technology Assessment
Open AccessAnne-Laure Samson, Anne‐Laure Samson et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2015
Happiness, Equivalent Incomes and Respect for Individual Preferences
Open AccessKoen Decancq, Marc Fleurbaey et al.ARTICLEEconomica2015Cited by: 6References: 67
In this paper, we study interpersonal comparisons of wellbeing. We show that using subjective wellbeing (SWB) levels can be in conflict with individuals' judgments about their own lives. We propose therefore an alternative wellbeing measure in terms of equivalent incomes that respects individual preferences. We show how SWB surveys can be used to derive the ordinal information about preferences needed to calculate equivalent incomes. We illustrat…
Preferences for Redistribution and Social Structure
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2014
Individual Uncertainty on Longevity
Open AccessBrigitte Dormont, Anne-Laure Samson et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2014
Empirical Social Choice: Questionnaire-Experimental Studies on Distributive Justice
Open AccessWulf Gaertner, Erik Schokkaert et al.BOOKEmpirical Social Choice2011
Since Aristotle, many different theories of distributive justice have been proposed, by philosophers as well as social scientists. The typical approach within social choice theory is to assess these theories in an axiomatic way – most of the time the reader is confronted with abstract reasoning and logical deductions. This book shows that empirical insights are necessary if one wants to apply any theory of justice in the real world. It does so by…
CHAPTER 23 The Capabilities Approach
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaCHAPTERThe Oxford handbook of rational…2009
Capabilities and functionings are new and attractive concepts for assessing the well‐being and advantage of individuals. Functionings refer to a person's achievements, i.e. what she manages to do or to be. Capabilities refer to her real opportunities and incorporate the idea of freedom. The chapter discusses how recent theoretical and empirical work has improved our insights in some of the key questions of the approach. How should we measure oppo…
Unfair inequalities in health and health care
Open AccessMarc Fleurbaey, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Economics2009
Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Opportunity Sets
Open AccessErwin Ooghe, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLESocial Choice and Welfare2007
Capabilities and Satisfaction with Life
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Human Development2007
I argue that the rapidly growing happiness literature raises an important challenge for the capability approach. Its results suggest that it has become possible to measure subjective well‐being and to compare its value for different persons. Moreover, if one accepts that the opinions of the people concerned should play some role in the evaluation of the trade‐offs between different dimensions of well‐being, the information about what makes people…
Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLEMathematical Social Sciences2004Cited by: 3References: 13
Responsibility-sensitive fair compensation in different cultures
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLESocial Choice and Welfare2003
Three Meanings of Intergenerational Mobility
Open AccessDirk Van De Gaer, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLEEconomica2001Cited by: 3
We axiomatize three different motivations for being concerned about intergenerational mobility: mobility as a description of movement, as an indication of equality of opportunity, and as an indication of equality of life chances. These three motivations are shown to be incompatible. None of the existing measures is acceptable as an indicator of equality of opportunity or equality of life chances. We propose two new measures of intergenerational m…
"M. Tout-le-monde est " post-welfariste: Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLERevue économique1999Cited by: 1
M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLERevue économique1999Cited by: 2References: 1
Schokkaert Erik. M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive. In: Revue économique, volume 50, n°4, 1999. pp. 811-831
Interindividual Differences in Opinions about Distributive Justice
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLEKyklos1991
This paper provides some results of an empirical inquiry into the opinions on distributive justice with a representative sample of the Flemish working population. Earlier results, obtained with samples of students, are shown to be robust. Effort is the dominant criterion in opinions about justice in a production context. Profits and losses are treated asymmetrically. A logit analysis reveals that the choice of criteria of justice is influenced by…
Fiscal preferences and fiscal knowledge at the local level
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Economic Psychology1988Cited by: 2References: 7

Happiness, Equivalent Incomes and Respect for Individual Preferences
Open AccessKoen Decancq, Marc Fleurbaey et al.ARTICLEEconomica2015Cited by: 6References: 67
In this paper, we study interpersonal comparisons of wellbeing. We show that using subjective wellbeing (SWB) levels can be in conflict with individuals' judgments about their own lives. We propose therefore an alternative wellbeing measure in terms of equivalent incomes that respects individual preferences. We show how SWB surveys can be used to derive the ordinal information about preferences needed to calculate equivalent incomes. We illustrat…
Individual Uncertainty About Longevity
Open AccessBrigitte Dormont, Anne-Laure Samson et al.ARTICLEDemography2018Cited by: 5References: 23
This article presents an assessment of individual uncertainty about longevity. A survey performed on 3,331 French people enables us to record several survival probabilities per individual. On this basis, we compute subjective life expectancies (SLE) and subjective uncertainty regarding longevity (SUL), the standard deviation of each individual’s subjective distribution of her or his own longevity. It is large and equal to more than 10 years for m…
Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLEMathematical Social Sciences2004Cited by: 3References: 13
Three Meanings of Intergenerational Mobility
Open AccessDirk Van De Gaer, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLEEconomica2001Cited by: 3
We axiomatize three different motivations for being concerned about intergenerational mobility: mobility as a description of movement, as an indication of equality of opportunity, and as an indication of equality of life chances. These three motivations are shown to be incompatible. None of the existing measures is acceptable as an indicator of equality of opportunity or equality of life chances. We propose two new measures of intergenerational m…
Wellbeing Inequality and Preference Heterogeneity
Open AccessKoen Decancq, Marc Fleurbaey et al.ARTICLEEconomica2017Cited by: 2References: 30
Standard measures of multidimensional inequality (implicitly) assume common preferences for all individuals, and hence are not sensitive to preference heterogeneity among members of society. In this paper, we measure the inequality of the distribution of equivalent incomes, which is a preference‐sensitive multidimensional wellbeing measure. To quantify the contribution of preference heterogeneity to wellbeing inequality, we use a decomposition me…
M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLERevue économique1999Cited by: 2References: 1
Schokkaert Erik. M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive. In: Revue économique, volume 50, n°4, 1999. pp. 811-831
Fiscal preferences and fiscal knowledge at the local level
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Economic Psychology1988Cited by: 2References: 7
Keeping the Flock Together
Erik SchokkaertARTICLEJournal of Human Development2019Cited by: 1References: 2
status: Published
"M. Tout-le-monde est " post-welfariste: Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLERevue économique1999Cited by: 1

Fiscal preferences and fiscal knowledge at the local level
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Economic Psychology1988Cited by: 2References: 7
Interindividual Differences in Opinions about Distributive Justice
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLEKyklos1991
This paper provides some results of an empirical inquiry into the opinions on distributive justice with a representative sample of the Flemish working population. Earlier results, obtained with samples of students, are shown to be robust. Effort is the dominant criterion in opinions about justice in a production context. Profits and losses are treated asymmetrically. A logit analysis reveals that the choice of criteria of justice is influenced by…
"M. Tout-le-monde est " post-welfariste: Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLERevue économique1999Cited by: 1
M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLERevue économique1999Cited by: 2References: 1
Schokkaert Erik. M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive. In: Revue économique, volume 50, n°4, 1999. pp. 811-831
Three Meanings of Intergenerational Mobility
Open AccessDirk Van De Gaer, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLEEconomica2001Cited by: 3
We axiomatize three different motivations for being concerned about intergenerational mobility: mobility as a description of movement, as an indication of equality of opportunity, and as an indication of equality of life chances. These three motivations are shown to be incompatible. None of the existing measures is acceptable as an indicator of equality of opportunity or equality of life chances. We propose two new measures of intergenerational m…
Responsibility-sensitive fair compensation in different cultures
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLESocial Choice and Welfare2003
Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLEMathematical Social Sciences2004Cited by: 3References: 13
Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Opportunity Sets
Open AccessErwin Ooghe, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLESocial Choice and Welfare2007
Capabilities and Satisfaction with Life
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Human Development2007
I argue that the rapidly growing happiness literature raises an important challenge for the capability approach. Its results suggest that it has become possible to measure subjective well‐being and to compare its value for different persons. Moreover, if one accepts that the opinions of the people concerned should play some role in the evaluation of the trade‐offs between different dimensions of well‐being, the information about what makes people…
CHAPTER 23 The Capabilities Approach
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaCHAPTERThe Oxford handbook of rational…2009
Capabilities and functionings are new and attractive concepts for assessing the well‐being and advantage of individuals. Functionings refer to a person's achievements, i.e. what she manages to do or to be. Capabilities refer to her real opportunities and incorporate the idea of freedom. The chapter discusses how recent theoretical and empirical work has improved our insights in some of the key questions of the approach. How should we measure oppo…
Unfair inequalities in health and health care
Open AccessMarc Fleurbaey, Erik Schokkaert et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Economics2009
Empirical Social Choice: Questionnaire-Experimental Studies on Distributive Justice
Open AccessWulf Gaertner, Erik Schokkaert et al.BOOKEmpirical Social Choice2011
Since Aristotle, many different theories of distributive justice have been proposed, by philosophers as well as social scientists. The typical approach within social choice theory is to assess these theories in an axiomatic way – most of the time the reader is confronted with abstract reasoning and logical deductions. This book shows that empirical insights are necessary if one wants to apply any theory of justice in the real world. It does so by…
Preferences for Redistribution and Social Structure
Open AccessErik Schokkaert, Yukiko Asada et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2014
Individual Uncertainty on Longevity
Open AccessBrigitte Dormont, Anne-Laure Samson et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2014
Fairness in Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Application to Health Technology Assessment
Open AccessAnne-Laure Samson, Anne‐Laure Samson et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2015
Happiness, Equivalent Incomes and Respect for Individual Preferences
Open AccessKoen Decancq, Marc Fleurbaey et al.ARTICLEEconomica2015Cited by: 6References: 67
In this paper, we study interpersonal comparisons of wellbeing. We show that using subjective wellbeing (SWB) levels can be in conflict with individuals' judgments about their own lives. We propose therefore an alternative wellbeing measure in terms of equivalent incomes that respects individual preferences. We show how SWB surveys can be used to derive the ordinal information about preferences needed to calculate equivalent incomes. We illustrat…
Putting Inequality in Context
Erik Schokkaert, Yukiko AsadaARTICLEJournal of Human Development2016References: 1
status: Published
Wellbeing Inequality and Preference Heterogeneity
Open AccessKoen Decancq, Marc Fleurbaey et al.ARTICLEEconomica2017Cited by: 2References: 30
Standard measures of multidimensional inequality (implicitly) assume common preferences for all individuals, and hence are not sensitive to preference heterogeneity among members of society. In this paper, we measure the inequality of the distribution of equivalent incomes, which is a preference‐sensitive multidimensional wellbeing measure. To quantify the contribution of preference heterogeneity to wellbeing inequality, we use a decomposition me…
Individual Uncertainty About Longevity
Open AccessBrigitte Dormont, Anne-Laure Samson et al.ARTICLEDemography2018Cited by: 5References: 23
This article presents an assessment of individual uncertainty about longevity. A survey performed on 3,331 French people enables us to record several survival probabilities per individual. On this basis, we compute subjective life expectancies (SLE) and subjective uncertainty regarding longevity (SUL), the standard deviation of each individual’s subjective distribution of her or his own longevity. It is large and equal to more than 10 years for m…
Keeping the Flock Together
Erik SchokkaertARTICLEJournal of Human Development2019Cited by: 1References: 2
status: Published
Introduction to the Special Issue on Justice and Health: Different Perspectives in Different Disciplines
Open AccessYukiko Asada, Erik SchokkaertARTICLESocial Justice Research2019References: 31
Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later
Open AccessWynand P M M Van De Ven, Konstantin Beck et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2024
From the mid-1990s several countries have introduced elements of the model of regulated competition in healthcare. In 2012 we assessed the extent to which in five countries ten important preconditions for achieving efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets were fulfilled. In this paper we assess to what extent the fulfilment of these preconditions has changed ten years later. In 2022, as in 2012, in none of the five countries…
Eliciting Preferences for Well-Being Measurement: A Comparison of Methods
Open AccessShaun Da Costa, Marc Fleurbaey et al.PREPRINTSSRN Electronic Journal2026