Social welfare, priority to the worst-off and the dimensions of individual well-being

Inequality and Economic Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 222-263

  Fleurbaey, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203325100     Document Type: Chapter

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