Meritocracy, Redistribution, and the Size of the Pie.

This paper examines how ambiguous notions such as "meritocracy" , "equality of opportunity" and "equality of outcomes" can be given a formal content and related to more standard economic concepts such as social mobility, income inequality, and efficiency.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Benabou, R.
Institutions:	C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of Economics
Subject:	INCOME \| EDUCATION \| DISTRIBUTION

freely available

Full text |

More access options

Check Google Scholar

In German libraries (KVK)

I need help

More details

Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	25 pages
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; I22 - Educational Finance
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826711