Sen’s Capability Approach to Welfare Economics

We describe Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to welfare evaluationin the language of standard welfare economics, and assess to what extentit provides a genuine alternative for individual welfare measurement andpolicy evaluation. We review the nascent empirical literature on the capabilityapproach and assess whether it makes a genuine difference withstandard welfare evaluation.

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Year of publication:	2004-01-12
Authors:	Kuklys, Wiebke ; Robeyns, Ingrid
Institutions:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung Strategische Interaktion
Subject:	Wirtschaftsmodell \| Vermögen \| Wohlfahrtstheorie

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Extent:	216064 bytes 23 p. application/pdf
Series:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik - Papers on Strategic Interaction Discussion Paper ; 0403(2004)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Others ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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