Sen's Capability Approach to Welfare Economics

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Authors
Kuklys, Wiebke
Robeyns, Ingrid
Publication Date
2004-06-16
Series
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Publisher
Faculty of Economics
Language
en_GB
Type
Working Paper
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Kuklys, W., & Robeyns, I. (2004). Sen's Capability Approach to Welfare Economics. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.5363
Abstract
We describe Amartya Sen's Capability Approach to welfare evaluation in the language of standard welfare economics, and assess to what extent it provides a genuine alternative for individual welfare measurement and policy evaluation. We review the nascent empirical literature on the capability approach and assess whether it makes a genuine difference with standard welfare evaluation.
Keywords
capability approach, welfare economics, welfare measurement, welfarism, Classification-JEL: I31, I32
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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.5363
This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/394https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/394
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