Fair division with unequal shares is an intensively studied resource allocation problem. For $i\in [n] $, let $\mu_i $ be atomless probability measure on the measurable space $(C,\mathcal{S})$ and $t_i$ positive numbers (entitlements) $\sum_{i=1}^{n}t_i=1$. A fair a partition of $C$ into sets $S_i\in \mathcal{S} $\mu_i(S_i)\geq t_i$ for every [n]$. 
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OBJECTIVE This study compared health and social characteristics of two groups of homeless adults in Manhattan--those who were chronically unsheltered and those who were not. METHODS Outreach workers conducted brief, structured interviews with 1,093 unsheltered homeless adults. Respondents were later categorized as being chronically unsheltered on the basis of New York City criteria (sleeping ...

‘Living’ Wage, Class Conflict and Ethnic Strife We examine how group-specific differences in reservation wage, arising due to asymmetries in social entitlements, impact on distribution via the joint determination of class conflict between workers and employers, and ‘ethnic’ conflict among workers. We model a twodimensional contest, where two unions, representing different sections of workers, j...

The problem of distributing a given amount of a divisible good among a set of agents which may have individual entitlements is considered here. A solution to this problem, called the Rights–Egalitarian Solution is proposed. This allocation rule divides equally among the agents the difference between the aggregate entitlements and the amount of the good available. A relevant feature of the analy...

The allocation of emission entitlements across countries is the single most controversial issue in international climate policy. Extreme positions within the policy debate range from entitlements based on current emission patterns (CEP) to equal-per-capita (EPC) allocations. Convergence (COV) from an initial CEP allocation towards EPC emission rights represents a reconciliation of the two. This...

This paper explores the empirical support behind the idea that there is a trade-off between the size of the migrant population and the rights and entitlements enjoyed by immigrants. We first look at the empirical correlation between measures of migrants’ rights and the size of the stock of immigrants in a number of existing databases. Using data on migrants’ rights from three recent studies—the...

This paper introduces a solution for the fair division of emission reduction costs in the climate change regime. Our primary focus is the fair division of efficiency gains that arise from exchanging the initial allocation of emission entitlements, rather than the initial allocation itself. We propose to complement the competitive Walrasian solution with welfare bounds, the ethical justification...