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Burchardt, Tania – Social Indicators Research, 2005
One of the motivations frequently cited by Sen and Nussbaum for moving away from a utility metric towards a capabilities framework is a concern about adaptive preferences or conditioned expectations. If utility is related to the satisfaction of aspirations or expectations, and if these are affected by the individual's previous experience of…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Reference Groups, Multivariate Analysis, Justice