Exploring social welfare functions and violation of monotonicity: An example from inequalities in health

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 313-329

  Abasolo, Ignacio ^a   Tsuchiya, Aki ^b  

^a Depto Economia de Las Instituciones   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D39; D63; Equality efficiency trade off; Health inequalities; I10; Monotonicity; Social welfare function

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ETHICAL THEORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 1542618046     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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