Health, equity and social welfare

Marc Fleurbaey

Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2006, issue 83-84, 21-59

Abstract: This article examines how issues of equity in health economics can receive new light from recent and less recent developments in welfare economics and the theory of fair allocation. This developments deal with multiple dimensions of individual well-being in particular, and suggest new alleys for the study of socio-economic health inequalities.

Date: 2006
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