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Welfare economics

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Welfare economics is the branch of economics that seeks to evaluate policies in terms of their effects on wellbeing.

[Question] Is any­one here a philoso­pher or economist work­ing on the in­ter­per­sonal com­par­i­son prob­lem?

Philosophy BearJan 14, 2023, 7:07 AM
18 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Welfare Es­ti­ma­tion 201: Un­der­stand­ing Life-Valu­a­tion Variability

Richard BrunsFeb 10, 2022, 7:49 PM
17 points
1 comment11 min readEA link

Altru­ism and Devel­op­ment—It’s com­pli­cated...

DavidNashDec 12, 2022, 4:48 PM
45 points
3 comments5 min readEA link
(srajagopalan.substack.com)

An­i­mals in Cost-Benefit Analysis

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 25, 2024, 4:43 PM
39 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(papers.ssrn.com)

Is it time for de­vel­op­ment economists to start con­sid­er­ing the welfare of non-hu­man an­i­mals?

ForumiteJul 9, 2024, 4:15 PM
16 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Stud­ies /​ re­ports on in­creased wellbe­ing for ex­treme poor

Aryeh EnglanderJul 15, 2021, 1:47 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Eco­nomics, pri­ori­ti­sa­tion, and pro-rich bias

John G. HalsteadJan 2, 2018, 10:33 PM
5 points
21 comments5 min readEA link

Smart Move­ments Start Aca­demic Dis­ci­plines

ColdButtonIssuesSep 25, 2022, 3:58 PM
121 points
18 comments5 min readEA link

Call for Ab­stracts: Eco­nomics of An­i­mal Welfare Con­fer­ence @ Paris School of Eco­nomics

Bob FischerOct 23, 2024, 12:23 PM
28 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Cri­tique of OpenPhil’s macroe­co­nomic policy advocacy

Hauke HillebrandtMar 24, 2022, 10:03 PM
144 points
39 comments24 min readEA link

Do­ing “good”

P. ChvykovApr 5, 2022, 11:11 AM
5 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Some Loop­holes in the Im­pos­si­bil­ity The­o­rem for Welfare Axiology

wallowerMar 1, 2025, 7:44 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link
(philarchive.org)

Re­duc­ing Trans­ac­tion Costs, or Coasean Effec­tive Altruism

IvanVendrovMay 31, 2021, 1:11 AM
23 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Fair­trade and its criticism

mbb29828382Sep 15, 2021, 2:20 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

The Wages of North-At­lantic Bias

Sach WryAug 19, 2022, 12:34 PM
8 points
2 comments17 min readEA link

[Question] Is­sues with Us­ing Willing­ness-to-Pay as a Pri­mary Tool for Welfare Analysis

charrinJun 26, 2021, 7:26 AM
30 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Valu­ing Leisure Time

Richard BrunsApr 21, 2022, 4:17 PM
26 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

My Per­spec­tive on Happiness

David HammerleMar 19, 2025, 12:13 AM
1 point
0 comments11 min readEA link

The two-tiered society

Roman LeventovMay 13, 2024, 7:53 AM
14 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

What you re­ally mean when you claim to sup­port “UBI for job au­toma­tion”

Deric ChengMay 14, 2024, 8:26 AM
18 points
1 comment10 min readEA link

Mor­tal­ity Cost of Taxation

Richard BrunsSep 9, 2024, 7:27 PM
23 points
8 comments3 min readEA link
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