A concern about low relative income, and the alignment of utilitarianism with egalitarianism |
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| Authors: | Oded Stark Martyna KobusMarcin Jakubek |
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| Institution: | a University of Bonn, Germanyb University of Klagenfurt, Austriac University of Vienna, Austriad Warsaw University, Polande Warsaw School of Economics, Poland |
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| Abstract: | A utilitarian social planner who maximizes social welfare assigns the available income to those who are most efficient in converting income into utility. However, when individuals are concerned about their income falling behind the incomes of others, the optimal income distribution under utilitarianism is equality of incomes. |
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| Keywords: | H0 I0 I30 I31 |
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