Distributive Justice and Social Policy

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The article adapts the Rawlsian idea of decision-making behind the veil of ignorance in the realm of income transfer systems. As rational decision-makers we would plan a society where the incidence of poverty is low, differences in the level of living between life cycles are small, income differences between the rich and poor are modest, income mobility from poverty to non-poverty is high, and where the living standard of the poor is decent. The results show that income mobility is not greater in those countries which have wide income differences, nor is the situation of the poor any better in countries with huge income disparities than that of the poor in other countries. Cross-national comparisons indicate that high poverty rates are not associated with more rapid income mobility and higher standards for the poor.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: LIS Working Paper Series ; No. 221

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Verteilungsgerechtigkeit ; Rawls-Gerechtigkeitstheorie ; Einkommensverteilung ; Armut ; OECD-Staaten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kangas, Olli
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
• (wo): Luxembourg
• (wann): 2000

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/160893
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ