Yukiko Asada
Biographic Data
| ID | 88629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yukiko Asada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yukiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Asada |
| SIGNATURE | ASADA Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0981-3449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 144 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 53 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Eliciting Preferences for Well-Being Measurement: A Comparison of Methods
How group deliberation shapes distributional preferences: An experimental analysis
This paper investigates how group deliberation changes individual distributional preferences. We experimentally assess the relative contribution of persuasion, social identity, and social comparison to shifts in preferences following deliberation. In a controlled setting, participants engaged in ten minutes of non-binding written group deliberation about distributional choices. Post-deliberation preferences became significantly more egalitarian t…
Pensions: More than collective risk pooling
I agree that a good pensions system should embody some form of collective risk pooling and that this would be to the advantage of everyone. There are some difficult issues of adverse selection to be solved, however. Moreover, egalitarian concerns are of crucial importance in most countries and they require to go further than collective risk pooling and to take into account that society is more than a system of self-interested monetary transfers b…
From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity
This article introduces a comprehensive framework for defining and quantifying lifespan inequity within a population, grounded in the capability approach. Lifespan inequity (i.e., unfair inequality) is defined as lifespan deprivation due to premature mortality in a life table distribution of ages at death. We introduce the concept of the Minimally Adequate Length of Life as the threshold distinguishing premature deaths from lifespans of “normal l…
Measuring distributional preferences: Opportunities and Challenges
This article introduces, and puts in context, the fourteen papers in the special issue, "Inequality perceptions and fairness judgments
Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later
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…
Equal Opportunity and Luck: Empirical Exploration Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Equality of opportunity (EOp) is a broad category of egalitarian theories that has attracted considerable attention in recent decades. Empirical implementations of EOp primarily focus on the explained component of inequality, classifying determinants of the outcome (e.g., health) into effort —legitimate causes of inequality—and circumstance —illegitimate causes of inequality. Largely overlooked is unexplained variation, which in statistical analy…
Income-Related Inequities in Primary and Specialist Care Among First Nations Peoples Living Off-Reserve in Canada
Trajectories of the socioeconomic gradient of mental health: Results from the CLSA Covid-19 Questionnaire Study
Increased prevalence of loneliness and associated risk factors during the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
As has been noted for various other outcomes, the pandemic did not impact all subgroups of the population in the same way with respect to loneliness. Our results suggest that public health measures aimed at reducing loneliness during a pandemic should incorporate multifactor interventions fostering positive health behaviours and consider targeting those at high risk for loneliness
Building a “We” With Deliberative Dialogue in Pursuit of Health for All
Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and unmet healthcare needs in adults during the Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
The presence of depression and anxiety symptoms were strongly associated with perceived unmet healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions to improve healthcare access for adults with depression and anxiety during the pandemic may be necessary
Levels of Depression and Anxiety Among Informal Caregivers During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study Based on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
The findings shed light on the change in mental health among informal caregivers during the outset of the pandemic. The demonstrated associations between studied variables and mental health among informal caregivers provide empirical evidence for intervention programs aiming to support caregivers, particularly those who are female, and providing intensive care at home
Cautionary tails of grip strength in health inequality studies: An analysis from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging
Harmonizing Health Disparities Measurement
Introduction to the Special Issue on Justice and Health: Different Perspectives in Different Disciplines
Health inequalities and inequities by age: Stability for the Health Utilities Index and divergence for the Frailty Index
Successful aging is an important policy goal in an aging society. A key indicator of successful aging of a population is whether health inequalities (differences) and inequities (unfair differences) in the population increase or decrease with age. This study investigates how health inequalities and inequities differ across age groups in the Canadian population within the equity framework of equal opportunity for health, using two popular measures…
Considering mean and inequality health outcomes together: The population health performance index
Mean and inequality health outcomes can be combined into a single Population Health Performance Index for use by public and private policy makers, like the GDP is used as a summary metric to measure economic output. The index can allow for varying degrees of inequality aversion, an individual's or jurisdiction's value choice that can substantially impact the value of this new summary population health metric
Individual Uncertainty About Longevity
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…
Putting measures of individual well-being to use for ex-ante policy evaluation
Most studies using microsimulation techniques have considered the effect of potential reforms on the income distribution. However, it has become increasingly recognized, both at the academic and political level, that focusing purely on income provides a limited picture of social progress. We illustrate how ex-ante policy evaluation can be performed in terms of richer concepts of individual well-being, such as subjective life satisfaction and equi…
Wellbeing Inequality and Preference Heterogeneity
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
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Fairness in Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Application to Health Technology Assessment
Unexplained health inequality – is it unfair
The choice of the fairness-standardization method is ethical and influences the empirical health inequity results considerably. More debate and analysis is necessary regarding which treatment of the unexplained inequality has the stronger foundation in equity considerations
Happiness, Equivalent Incomes and Respect for Individual Preferences
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…
Whiners and deniers - What does self-rated health measure
Beyond GDP: Using Equivalent Incomes to Measure Well-Being in Europe
Debate on Social Justice and Pension Reform: Social Justice and the Reform of Europe's Pension Systems
No serious discussion of possible pension reforms can dispense with some conception of what justice requires, both between and within generations. In this paper we first spell out step by step the implications for pension systems of a conception of social justice that articulates in coherent fashion the values of freedom, efficiency and solidarity heralded in the European project. We next consider in this light a number of important policy issues…
Happiness, Equivalent Incomes and Respect for Individual Preferences
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…
The Evolution of World Inequality in Well-being
Levels of Depression and Anxiety Among Informal Caregivers During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study Based on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
The findings shed light on the change in mental health among informal caregivers during the outset of the pandemic. The demonstrated associations between studied variables and mental health among informal caregivers provide empirical evidence for intervention programs aiming to support caregivers, particularly those who are female, and providing intensive care at home
Individual Uncertainty About Longevity
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…
Évaluation économique en santé: Qui a Peur De l'Étalon Monétaire
L’évaluation économique des politiques de santé effraie ceux qui ne veulent pas assimiler la santé à un bien monétisable. Nous défendons la thèse que cette peur est justifiée face à certains critères mais ne saurait constituer une objection de principe. À l’aide d’un exemple de critère fondé sur le revenu équivalent, nous montrons comment la valeur de la santé et les considérations d’équité peuvent trouver leur place dans une analyse coût-bénéfic…
Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation
Three Meanings of Intergenerational Mobility
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
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…
A framework for measuring health inequity
Background: Health inequality has long attracted keen attention in the research and policy arena. While there may be various motivations to study health inequality, what distinguishes it as a topic is moral concern. Despite the importance of this moral interest, a theoretical and analytical framework for measuring health inequality acknowledging moral concerns remains to be established. Study objective: To propose a framework for measuring the mo…
M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive
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
Cautionary tails of grip strength in health inequality studies: An analysis from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging
Putting measures of individual well-being to use for ex-ante policy evaluation
Most studies using microsimulation techniques have considered the effect of potential reforms on the income distribution. However, it has become increasingly recognized, both at the academic and political level, that focusing purely on income provides a limited picture of social progress. We illustrate how ex-ante policy evaluation can be performed in terms of richer concepts of individual well-being, such as subjective life satisfaction and equi…
Just Pensions: Reply to Myles, Oksanen and Fornero
"M. Tout-le-monde est " post-welfariste: Opinions sur la justice redistributive
Fiscal preferences and fiscal knowledge at the local level
Interindividual Differences in Opinions about Distributive Justice
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
M. Tout-le-monde est "post-welfariste". Opinions sur la justice redistributive
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
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
Debate on Social Justice and Pension Reform: Social Justice and the Reform of Europe's Pension Systems
No serious discussion of possible pension reforms can dispense with some conception of what justice requires, both between and within generations. In this paper we first spell out step by step the implications for pension systems of a conception of social justice that articulates in coherent fashion the values of freedom, efficiency and solidarity heralded in the European project. We next consider in this light a number of important policy issues…
Just Pensions: Reply to Myles, Oksanen and Fornero
Analysis of health-related quality of life (HRQL), its distribution, and its distribution by income in Japan, 1989 and 1998
Responsibility sensitive egalitarianism and optimal linear income taxation
A framework for measuring health inequity
Background: Health inequality has long attracted keen attention in the research and policy arena. While there may be various motivations to study health inequality, what distinguishes it as a topic is moral concern. Despite the importance of this moral interest, a theoretical and analytical framework for measuring health inequality acknowledging moral concerns remains to be established. Study objective: To propose a framework for measuring the mo…
The Promise of Public Health: Ethical Reflections
Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Opportunity Sets
Capabilities and Satisfaction with Life
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…
The Evolution of World Inequality in Well-being
CHAPTER 23 The Capabilities Approach
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
The ideal of equal health revisited: Definitions and measures of inequity in health should be better integrated with theories of distributive justice
The past decade witnessed great progress in research on health inequities. The most widely cited definition of health inequity is, arguably, the one proposed by Whitehead and Dahlgren: "Health inequalities that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unfair are unjust." We argue that this definition is useful but in need of further clarification because it is not linked to broader theories of justice. We propose an alternative, pluralist notion of fair d…
Évaluation économique en santé: Qui a Peur De l'Étalon Monétaire
L’évaluation économique des politiques de santé effraie ceux qui ne veulent pas assimiler la santé à un bien monétisable. Nous défendons la thèse que cette peur est justifiée face à certains critères mais ne saurait constituer une objection de principe. À l’aide d’un exemple de critère fondé sur le revenu équivalent, nous montrons comment la valeur de la santé et les considérations d’équité peuvent trouver leur place dans une analyse coût-bénéfic…
Empirical Social Choice: Questionnaire-Experimental Studies on Distributive Justice
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…
Empirical social choice: Why and How?
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…
Évaluation des politiques de santé: Pour une prise en compte équitable des intérêts des populations
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Whiners and deniers - What does self-rated health measure
Preferences for Redistribution and Social Structure
Individual Uncertainty on Longevity
Economics (37 works) · Political science (26 works) · Sociology (26 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Law (18 works) · Mathematics (18 works) · Inequality (17 works) · Global Health Care Issues (16 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (16 works)