Reproductive health, fairness, and optimal policies

Autor: Natacha Raffin, Thomas Seegmuller, Johanna Etner
Přispěvatelé: EconomiX, Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée à la Mondialisation (CREAM), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société (IRIHS), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), ANR-17-EURE-0020,AMSE (EUR),Aix-Marseille School of Economics(2017), ANR-15-CE33-0001,FIRE,Interdépendances financières et réelles : volatilité, ouverture internationale et politiques économiques(2015), ANR-16-CE03-0005,GREEN-Econ,Vers une économie plus verte : politiques environnementales et adaptation sociétale(2016), ANR-10-LABX-0023,UnivEarthS,Earth - Planets - Universe: observation, modeling, transfer(2010), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Public Economic Theory
Journal of Public Economic Theory, Wiley, 2020, 22 (5), pp.1213-1244. ⟨10.1111/jpet.12436⟩
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2020, 22 (5), pp.1213-1244. ⟨10.1111/jpet.12436⟩
ISSN: 1097-3923
1467-9779
DOI: 10.1111/jpet.12436⟩
Popis: Based on epidemiological evidence, we consider an economy where agents differ through their ability to procreate. Households with impaired fertility may incur health expenditures to increase their chances of parenthood. This health heterogeneity generates welfare inequalities that deserve to be ruled out. We explore three different criteria of social evaluation in the long-run: the utilitarian approach, which considers the well- being of all households, the ex-ante egalitarian criterion, which considers the expected well-being of the worst-off social group, and the ex-post egalitarian one, which only considers the realized well-being of the worst- off. In an overlapping generations model, we propose a set of economic instruments to decentralize each solution. To correct for the externality and inequalities, both a preventive (a taxation of capital) and a redistributive policy are required.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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