Measuring Intergenerational Justice for Public Policy

Pieter Vanhuysse; Jörg Tremmel

doi:10.4324/9781315461731-38

Measuring Intergenerational Justice for Public Policy

Pieter Vanhuysse, Jörg Tremmel

Department of Political Science and Public Management

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Abstract

We review dominant approaches to evaluate the intergenerational justice of public policies. We distinguish between justice over complete lives (for which we analyse birth cohorts) and at a given moment in time (for which we study age groups). We note that it is not prima facie problematic if at one given point in time different age groups receive an unequal treatment from the state. But if such inequalities are perpetuated across different birth cohorts over the entire life cycle, then this does point to intergenerational inequities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy
Editors	Andrei Poama, Annabelle Lever
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	1. Jan 2019
Pages	472-486
Chapter	37
ISBN (Print)	9781138201279
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315461731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315461731-38
Publication status	Published - 1. Jan 2019

Series	Routledge Handbooks in Applied Ethics

Keywords

intergenerational justice
public policy
ethics
political philosophy
generational accounting
elderly poicy bias

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1 Report
1 Book chapter
1 Journal article
1 Net publication - Internet publication

Intergenerational Resource Transfers in the Context of Welfare States
Vanhuysse, P. & Gal, R. I., 26. Feb 2023, The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy over the Life Course. Daly, M., Birgit Pfau-Effinger, B., Gilbert, N. & Besharov, D. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1015-1033
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Generazioni, equità, e politiche pubbliche in un’Europa che invecchia
Translated title of the contribution: Generations, equity, and public policies in an aging EuropeVanhuysse, P., Dec 2018, In: La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali. 2018, 3, p. 147-166
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Commissioned
Porque los jovenes reciben mas que los mayores de la sociedad (pero no del estado)
Translated title of the contribution: Why young people receive more resources than elderly people from society -- but not from the stateVanhuysse, P., 27. Jun 2018, Agenda Publica.
Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication

Open Access

Radio En Conexion Miami: Foro Justicia Intergeneracional
Vanhuysse, P.
23/02/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Interview politiek econoom Pieter Vanhuysse: '‘Een halve stem extra per ouder met kind, waarom niet?’'
Vanhuysse, P.
11/09/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media

consultation with Cabinet European Commissioner Glen Micallef (Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport)
Vanhuysse, P. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact, Social impact
UNICEF invited speaker 'The Role of Social Protection in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Leaving No one Behind in Armenia'
Vanhuysse, P. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact

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Intergenerational Resource Transfers in the Context of Welfare States

Generazioni, equità, e politiche pubbliche in un’Europa che invecchia

Porque los jovenes reciben mas que los mayores de la sociedad (pero no del estado)

Related Press/Media

Radio En Conexion Miami: Foro Justicia Intergeneracional

Interview politiek econoom Pieter Vanhuysse: '‘Een halve stem extra per ouder met kind, waarom niet?’'

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consultation with Cabinet European Commissioner Glen Micallef (Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport)

UNICEF invited speaker 'The Role of Social Protection in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Leaving No one Behind in Armenia'

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