A fair solution to the compensation problem

Valetta Giacomo

No 2007038, Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) from Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques

Abstract: We study equity in economies where agents are endowed with different, non-transferable, personal talents. To compensate them for such differences a given amount of money needs to be shared among them. We axiomatize a family of social orderings over allocations based on efficiency, fairness and robustness properties. Taking into account incentive constraints we derive the optimal policy : individuals with the same talent need to be equally compensated and only people whose level of talent is below a certain threshold should receive a positive compensation.

Keywords: Compensation; talents; fairness; axioms; social orderings; incentive-compatibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2007-12-01
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