This review provides an assessment of research findings into the current practices and standards and the principles and aspirations for organic dairy production, with respect to the health and welfare of the dairy cow. The relationships between the four main factors: management, environment, genetics and nutrition and their impact on the health and welfare status of organic dairy cows are consi...

The significance of population monotonicity and welfare bounds is well-recognized in the fair division literature. We characterize population monotonic and incentive compatible mechanisms which allocate the goods efficiently and respect a welfare lower bound chosen in the fair allocation problem of allocating collectively owned indivisible goods or bads when monetary transfers are possible and ...

This paper analyzes the welfare effects of unemployment insurance reforms in a general equilibrium incomplete market model. In particular, it decomposes the total welfare effect for each individual into different factors. I consider a model where the consumers face an uninsurable unemployment risk, can save in an interest-bearing asset, and are subject to a borrowing constraint. The labor marke...

This paper describes and compares nine methods of assessing the welfare of farm animals at herd level. A distinction is made between two types of welfare parameter: the environmental and the animal-based. The relative weight of these parameters, together with variation in their measurability, explains many of the differences between the methods with which the paper is concerned. To discuss the ...

The impact of educational attainment on the duration of welfare spells is analysed using a unique data set derived from the administration of the social assistance program in Canada over the period 1986–1993. The empirical analysis includes controls for demographic characteristics, program parameters, labour market conditions and unobserved individual characteristics. It is found that that educ...

The organization of income-maintenance programs in the United States is mandated to a large extent by federal regulations, because most programs are funded by the federal government. However, the historically local nature of charity and relief in the United States has resulted in individual states and counties implementing most welfare programs.’ The system is far from unified, with a host of r...