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Living Standards and Capabilities

Equal Values or Equal Sets

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ID11308154
AuthorsMarc Fleurbaey (0000-0002-5342-8065, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume29
Issue2
Pages226-234
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnalyse & Kritik (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0171-5860 • E-ISSN: 2365-9858
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/auk-2007-0207
OpenAlexW2230888887
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

Inspired by Gaertner and Xu (2006), this paper examines the possibility to construct a social ordering over distributions of capability sets, and a measure of the value of individual capability sets, such that perfect equality of sets, across individuals, is preferable to a simple equality of the value of sets. It is shown that this is a rather demanding requirement

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,07
Citation span2011 - 2011 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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