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dc.contributor.authorTungodden, Bertil
dc.contributor.authorVallentyne, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-03T07:33:04Z
dc.date.available2006-08-03T07:33:04Z
dc.date.issued2005-01
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/162770
dc.description.abstractThe difference principle, introduced by Rawls (1971, 1993), is generally interpreted as leximin, but this is not how he intended it. Rawls explicitly states that the difference principle requires that aggregate benefits (e.g., average or total) to those in the least advantaged group be given lexical priority over benefits to others, where the least advantaged group includes more than the strictly worst off individuals. We study the implications of adopting different approaches to the definition of the least advantaged group and show that, if acyclicity is required, several seemingly plausible approaches lead to something close to leximin. We then show that significant aggregation is possible, if the least advantaged group is defined as those with those with less benefits than some strictly positive transform of the lowest level of benefits. Finally, we discuss the implications of requiring that, in comparing two alternatives, the cutoff for the least advantaged group of one alternative be the same as that for the other alternative.en
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dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherNorwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2004:34en
dc.titleWho are the least advantaged?en
dc.typeWorking paperen


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