Sens's Capability Approach to Welfare Economics

Wiebke Kuklys () and Ingrid Robeyns

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Abstract: We describe Amartya Sen's Capability Approach to welfare evaluation in the language of standard welfare economics, and assess to what extent it provides a genuine alternative for individual welfare measurement and policy evaluation. We review the nascent empirical literature on the capability approach and assess whether it makes a genuine difference with standard welfare evaluation.

Keywords: capability approach; welfare economics; welfare measurement; welfarism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-01
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