- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Why Economics Needs Ethical Theory -
Chapter 2 The Sen System of Social Evaluation -
Chapter 3 The Good Life and the Good Economy* -
Chapter 4 The Adaptation Problem, Evolution and Normative Economics* -
Chapter 5 Rights and Interests -
Chapter 6 Elements of a Theory of the Right to Development* -
Chapter 7 Rational Choice on General Domains* -
Chapter 8 Some Remarks on the Ranking of Infinite Utility Streams* -
Chapter 9 Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework* -
Chapter 10 The Method of Majority Decision and Rationality Conditions* -
Chapter 11 Convexity and Separability in Representing Consensus -
Chapter 12 Rights, Individual Preferences and Collective Rationality -
Chapter 13 Irrelevant Alternatives -
Chapter 14 Limited Rights and Social Choice Rules* -
Chapter 15 Dominance Criteria for Critical‐Level Generalized Utilitarianism* -
Chapter 16 The Measurement of Capabilities* -
Chapter 17 On Ultrapoverty* -
Chapter 18 Multidimensional Poverty Orderings* -
Chapter 19 External Capabilities* -
Chapter 20 On the Welfarist Rationale for Relative Poverty Lines* -
Chapter 21 Justice as Fairness and the Capability Approach* -
Chapter 22 Ungrouping Income Distributions -
Chapter 23 A Practical Proposal for Simplifying the Measurement of Income Poverty* -
Chapter 24 Concepts and Measures of Agency* -
Chapter 25 Sen's Identities -
Chapter 26 Welfare Economics and Giving for Development* -
Chapter 27 Equity and Sharing the Cost of a Public Project* -
Chapter 28 Isolation, Assurance and Rules* -
Chapter 29 Simple Formulae for Optimal Income Taxation and the Measurement of Inequality* - Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Welfare Economics and Giving for Development *
Welfare Economics and Giving for Development *
- Chapter:
- (p.489) Chapter 26 Welfare Economics and Giving for Development*
- Source:
- Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen
- Author(s):
A. B. Atkinson (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Giving for development provides an interesting case study in the application of welfare economics. Giving for development is modest in total amount, but it is one of the few direct ways in which individuals reveal information relevant to the properties of the social welfare function to be applied to global redistribution. Where individuals themselves are willing to make transfers, how should this be taken into account in the social welfare function? The chapter first examines individual motives for giving, turning to the specific purpose of development in the second section. It then considers how far these motives are welfarist. The fourth section examines the implications for the social welfare function of individual altruism towards people in poor countries. If individuals are non-welfarist in their concerns, should the state continue to adopt a welfarist social welfare function? The final section addresses explicitly the geographical dimension, and the fact that the social welfare is a national social welfare function, which has to take into account the limited ‘sphere of control’ of national governments.
Keywords: welfare economics, giving, development, social welfare function, global redistribution, welfarist motives, individual altruism
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- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 Why Economics Needs Ethical Theory -
Chapter 2 The Sen System of Social Evaluation -
Chapter 3 The Good Life and the Good Economy* -
Chapter 4 The Adaptation Problem, Evolution and Normative Economics* -
Chapter 5 Rights and Interests -
Chapter 6 Elements of a Theory of the Right to Development* -
Chapter 7 Rational Choice on General Domains* -
Chapter 8 Some Remarks on the Ranking of Infinite Utility Streams* -
Chapter 9 Individual Choices in a Non‐Consequentialist Framework* -
Chapter 10 The Method of Majority Decision and Rationality Conditions* -
Chapter 11 Convexity and Separability in Representing Consensus -
Chapter 12 Rights, Individual Preferences and Collective Rationality -
Chapter 13 Irrelevant Alternatives -
Chapter 14 Limited Rights and Social Choice Rules* -
Chapter 15 Dominance Criteria for Critical‐Level Generalized Utilitarianism* -
Chapter 16 The Measurement of Capabilities* -
Chapter 17 On Ultrapoverty* -
Chapter 18 Multidimensional Poverty Orderings* -
Chapter 19 External Capabilities* -
Chapter 20 On the Welfarist Rationale for Relative Poverty Lines* -
Chapter 21 Justice as Fairness and the Capability Approach* -
Chapter 22 Ungrouping Income Distributions -
Chapter 23 A Practical Proposal for Simplifying the Measurement of Income Poverty* -
Chapter 24 Concepts and Measures of Agency* -
Chapter 25 Sen's Identities -
Chapter 26 Welfare Economics and Giving for Development* -
Chapter 27 Equity and Sharing the Cost of a Public Project* -
Chapter 28 Isolation, Assurance and Rules* -
Chapter 29 Simple Formulae for Optimal Income Taxation and the Measurement of Inequality* - Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
