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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Social Welfare, Social Welfare Functions and Inequality Aversion 

Year of publication 2006

Pages 17 p.

Author Bellù, G. L.;Liberati, P.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title EASYPol: Resources for policy making

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This module illustrates the concept of social welfare and the possible ways to define social welfare functions. In particular, it deals with how to pass from inequality to social welfare analysis and how social welfare analysis may embody different attitudes with regard to inequality aversion. A step-by-step procedure and numerical examples are also discussed to give operational content to the tool.

Language English

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