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17 October, 2022

Putting costs and benefits of ordeals together

Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract This paper addresses how to think about the permissibility of introducing deadweight costs (so-called ‘ordeals’) on candidate recipients of goods in order to attain b

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders
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04 September, 2020

The Impact of Human Health Co-benefits on Evalutaions of Global Climate Policy

Nature Communications  Abstract The health co-benefits of CO2 mitigation can provide a strong incentive for climate policy through reductions in air pollutant emissions that occur when targeting shared s

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spears, Dean , , Scovronick, Noah, Budolfson, Mark, Dennig, Francis, Errickson, Frank, Fleurbaey, Marc, Peng, Wei, Socolow, Robert H. & Fabian Wagner
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27 February, 2025

Climate Change, Historical Emissions, and Unjust Benefits: A Comment on Axel Gosseries’ Account of Climate Justice

Journal of Practical Ethics Abstract One of the claims Axel Gosseries makes in What is Intergenerational Justice? is that greenhouse gas emissions produced before 1990 are morally unimportant for presen

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
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12 June, 2011

How Migration Can Benefit Development

Institutet för Framtidsstudiers skriftserie: Framtidens samhälle nr 5, 2006 Migration can make positive contributions to the economic development of poor countries, but needs to be incorporated into th

Type of publication: IFFS reports | Eds. Kristof Tamas and Joakim Palme
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02 February, 2018

For Whose Benefit? The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation

Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our

Type of publication: Books | Lindenfors, Patrik
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11 July, 2019

The choice of new private and benefit cars vs. climate and transportation policy in Sweden

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 69, pp. 276-292, doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2019.02.008 Abstract Dedicated to show climate leadership, Sweden has committed to cut 70% of greenhouse-gas

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , , Staffan Algers & Muriel Beser Hugosson
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29 September, 2010

The Nordic Welfare Model in a European Perspective

From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord

Type of publication: Working papers | Susan Kuivalainen and Kenneth Nelson
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14 January, 2025

Productive Justice in the 'Post-Work Future'

In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.), Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract Justice in production is concerned with ensuring the benefits and

Type of publication: Working papers | Finneron-Burns, Elizabeth , , Caleb Althorpe
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09 September, 2008

Interpreting Europe and US Labor Market Differences: the Specificity of Human Capital Investments

This paper suggests that in the US context, workers tend to invest in general human capital since they face little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model favors

Type of publication: Working papers | Etienne Wasmer
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11 November, 2007

Adapting To Globalised Product And Labour Markets: New Models For Apprenticeship in Europe

The paper identifies two distinct models of apprenticeship in Europe: the well-established demand-driven model found and the more recently revived supply-driven model. The paper concludes that countri

Type of publication: Working papers | Hilary Steedman
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