Birth-date dependent population ethics: Critical-level principles

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 260-284

  Blackorby, Charles ^a,b   Bossert, Walter ^c   Donaldson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION THEORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOLOGY; TIME; WORLD;

DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION THEORY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TIME FACTORS; WORLD;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031542251     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1997.2333     Document Type: Article

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