Priority, solidarity, and egalitarianism in the capability approach

Inkee Jang and Biung-Ghi Ju

Games and Economic Behavior, 2025, vol. 150, issue C, 469-479

Abstract: We examine resource allocation in the context of the capability approach with multi-dimensional human functioning outputs. We aim to provide an egalitarian foundation for human development indices (HDIs) using Parfit's (1997) priority principle, which says that when a person becomes more disabled, ceteris paribus, he should receive more resources. An HDI-egalitarian rule allocates resources in such a way that all individuals attain an equal HDI-index value. Using the priority principle or its variant, we provide axiomatic characterizations of the whole family of HDI-egalitarian rules, the weighted arithmetic mean HDI-egalitarian rules, and the weighted geometric mean HDI-egalitarian rules.

Keywords: Resource allocation; Priority; Solidarity; Egalitarianism; Capability approach; Human development index; Axiomatic method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2025.01.004

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