Title
The Economics of Justice
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
This chapter reviews important contributions to justice research in economics with an emphasis on empirical findings that bear on leading theories of justice. We consider evidence from both incentivized economics experiments and self-reported surveys and explore their relation to justice theories that have been treated in both the descriptive and prescriptive branches of economics. We discuss theories of and evidence on different approaches, including equality, efficiency, equity (or proportionality), desert (or merit), context, and pluralism (or multi-criterion justice), and explore very recent findings on the relationship between fairness and risk-taking.
Repository Citation
Konow, James and Schwettmann, Lars (2016). “The Economics of Justice,” in the Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research, editors Clara Sabbagh and Manfred Schmitt, New York: Springer Verlag, pp. 83-106.
