Fair bounds based solidarity
José-Manuel Giménez-Gómez () and
Josep E. Peris
Working Papers from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics
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 re-allocates 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. JEL classification: C71, D63, D71
Keywords: Jocs cooperatius; Economia del benestar -- Models matemàtics; Elecció social; 33 - Economia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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