Fair bounds based solidarity

Josep E. Peris and José M. Jiménez-Gómez ()
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José M. Jiménez-Gómez: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Dep. d'Economia and CREIP, Postal: Av.Universitat 1, 43204 Reus, Spain.
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José-Manuel Giménez-Gómez ()

No 12-12, QM&ET Working Papers from University of Alicante, D. Quantitative Methods and Economic Theory

Abstract: How should scholarships be distributed among the (public) higher education students? We raise this situation as a redistribution problem. Following the approach developed in Fleurbaey (1994) and Bossert (1995), redistribution should be based on the notion of solidarity and it reallocates resources taking into account only agents' relevant characteristics. We also follow Luttens (2010a), who considers that compensation of relevant characteristics must be based on a lower bound on what every individual deserves. In doing so, we use the so called fair bound (Moulin (2002)) to define an egalitarian redistribution mechanism and characterize it in terms of non-negativity, priority in lower bound and solidarity. Finally, we apply our approach to the scholarships redistribution problem.

Keywords: Redistribution mechanism; Lower bounds; Scholarship; Solidarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C71 D63 D71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2012-07-20
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