No Envy

Jan Tinbergen on Fairness

Authors

  • Conrad Heilmann Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Stefan Wintein Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v14i1.610

Abstract

The important ‘no-envy’ fairness criterion has typically been attributed to Foley (1967) and sometimes to Tinbergen (1946, 1953). We reveal that Jan Tinbergen introduced ‘no-envy’ as a fairness criterion in his article “Mathematiese Psychologie” published in 1930 in the Dutch journal Mens en Maatschappij and translated as “Mathematical Psychology” in 2021 in the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. Our article accompanies the translation: we introduce Tinbergen’s 1930 formulation of the ‘no-envy’ criterion, compare it to other formulations, and comment on its significance for the fairness literature in philosophy and economics.

Author Biographies

Conrad Heilmann, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Conrad Heilmann is associate professor of philosophy and co-director of the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE) in the Erasmus School of Philosophy and Core Faculty of the Erasmus Initiative “Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity” at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is the co-editor (with Julian Reiss) of The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics.

Stefan Wintein, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Stefan Wintein is assistant professor of theoretical philosophy at the Erasmus School of Philosophy (ESPhil) and member of the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE), both at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Together with Conrad Heilmann, he runs the Fairness project: http://fairness-research.org.

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Published

2021-07-14

How to Cite

Heilmann, C., & Wintein, S. (2021). No Envy: Jan Tinbergen on Fairness. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 14(1), 222–245. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v14i1.610

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