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SOCIAL WELFARE FUNCTION [1 record]

Record 1 1998-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Economic Planning
OBS

... a ranking of preferences by society as a whole between alternative possibilities, e.g. between a situation in which wealth or income are distributed more equally or less equally by inheritance, effort, chance, monopoly, taxation.

OBS

Many of the programs have redistributive effects benefiting some persons at the expense of others, and cost-benefit analysis makes no contribution toward the establishment of the social welfare function that provides society's answer about the relative desirability of various patterns of income distribution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Planification économique
OBS

[...] à la suite d'un changement économique [...] fonction [qui] est censée indiquer dans quel sens le bien-être collectif varie quand ceux des individus se modifient éventuellement en des sens opposés [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Planificación económica
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