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	One of the founders of economics as a modern science, '''Vilfredo Pareto's''' work deals with the concept of [[utility]], more specifically, [[marginal utility]] and the collective maximization of such; thus his work is of great interest to the theory and study of [[welfare economics]].<ref>R. Marchionatti and F. Mornati, ed. ''Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy''. New York: Routledge, 2007, pp. ''xi''.</ref> Pareto's work spans a variety of studies from welfare economics to [[political economy]] to [[legal economics]] and others.<br />		Economics studies the allocation of resources, which includes studying the fairness of resource allocation. One of the founders of economics as a modern science, '''Vilfredo Pareto's''' work deals with the concept of [[utility]], more specifically, [[marginal utility]] and the collective maximization of such; thus his work is of great interest to the theory and study of [[welfare economics]].<ref>R. Marchionatti and F. Mornati, ed. ''Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy''. New York: Routledge, 2007, pp. ''xi''.</ref> Pareto's work spans a variety of studies from welfare economics to [[political economy]] to [[legal economics]] and others.<br />
	There are two main theories within his works collectively referred to as '''Pareto Principles''':		There are two main theories within his works collectively referred to as '''Pareto Principles''':
	#Pareto improvement		#Pareto improvement
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	==Pareto Improvement==		==Pareto Improvement==
	<onlyinclude>Pareto improvement ~~is a condition on the way to~~ Pareto efficiency ~~whereby goods can be~~ re-~~allocated~~ to make at least one person better off without making any other individual worse off. Pareto improving behavior, in theory, will continue until Pareto efficiency is reached.</onlyinclude><ref>J.Black, N. Hashimzade, and G. Myles. (2009) "Value Judgment." [Online], Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-3287?rskey=GyTkkF&result=1 , 2009 [May 31, 2016]</ref>		<onlyinclude>Pareto improvement moves towards Pareto efficiency by re-allocating good to make at least one person better off without making any other individual worse off. Pareto improving behavior, in theory, will continue until Pareto efficiency is reached.</onlyinclude><ref>J.Black, N. Hashimzade, and G. Myles. (2009) "Value Judgment." [Online], Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-3287?rskey=GyTkkF&result=1 , 2009 [May 31, 2016]</ref>
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! Individual ~~!! Initial Allocation~~ !! Initial Utility Level ~~!! New Allocation~~ !! New Utility Level		! Individual !! Initial Utility Level !! New Utility Level
	\|-		\|-
	\| Person 1 ~~\|\| Good A~~ \|\| ''x'' \|\| ~~Good C~~ \|\| ''x'' +1		\| Person 1 \|\| ''$500'' \|\| after: \|\| ''$550''
	\|-		\|-
	\| Person 2 ~~\|\| Good B~~ \|\| ''x'' \|\| ~~Good A~~ \|\| ''x''		\| Person 2 \|\| ''$300'' \|\| after: \|\| ''$300''
	\|-		\|-
	\| Person 3 ~~\|\| Good C~~ \|\| ''x'' \|\| ~~Good B~~ \|\| ''x''		\| Person 3 \|\| ''$100'' \|\| after: \|\| ''$100'
	\|}		\|}
	All three individuals started at the same level of utility, ~~''x''~~, after the ~~re-allocation the utility of~~ '''Person 1''' ~~increased to ''x''+1~~ and the others remained the same. This is a Pareto improving allocation because no one individual was made worse off, in a Pareto efficient model, this is not possible. So, if a system is not Pareto efficient, it means that there is room for Pareto improvements to be made. The goal of Pareto improvement is to distribute goods in such a way that everyone is "happy" or "satisfied" and to reach a Pareto efficient state in order to prevent [[market failure]].		All three individuals started at the same level of utility, $100, after the action '''Person 1''' is better off (now has $150) and the others remained the same. This is a Pareto improving allocation because no one individual was made worse off, in a Pareto efficient model, this is not possible. So, if a system is not Pareto efficient, it means that there is room for Pareto improvements to be made. The goal of Pareto improvement is to distribute goods in such a way that everyone is "happy" or "satisfied" and to reach a Pareto efficient state in order to prevent [[market failure]]. Note this is not ''fair'' by most people standards, but it a pareto improvement.

			{\| class="wikitable"
			! Individual !! Initial Utility Level !! New Utility Level
			\|-
			\| Person 1 \|\| ''$500'' \|\| after: \|\| ''$450''
			\|-
			\| Person 2 \|\| ''$300'' \|\| after: \|\| ''$300''
			\|-
			\| Person 3 \|\| ''$100'' \|\| after: \|\| ''$150'
			\|}

			The above example is '''not''' a pareto improvement because person 1 is worse off, even though this feels more ''fair'', it's not a pareto improvement because person 3 gains at the expense of person 1.

	An example of a Pareto improvement would be if a group of people did not have [[electricity]] but overtime were able to install a small [[solar array \| solar farm]] which brought electricity to their village. The electricity would allow the village to cook and heat their homes with electricity instead of [[charcoal]] which has harmful effects on the respiratory systems of the users. Assuming the electricity is accessible to everyone and the farm does not interfere with anyone in the village, it would be a Pareto improvement because the village is made better off without anyone being made worse off. See [[access to electricity]] and [[access to non-solid fuel]]s for more on the effects of this.		An example of a Pareto improvement would be if a group of people did not have [[electricity]] but overtime were able to install a small [[solar array \| solar farm]] which brought electricity to their village. The electricity would allow the village to cook and heat their homes with electricity instead of [[charcoal]] which has harmful effects on the respiratory systems of the users. Assuming the electricity is accessible to everyone and the farm does not interfere with anyone in the village, it would be a Pareto improvement because the village is made better off without anyone being made worse off. See [[access to electricity]] and [[access to non-solid fuel]]s for more on the effects of this.
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One of the founders of economics as a modern science, '''Vilfredo Pareto's''' work deals with the concept of [[utility]], more specifically, [[marginal utility]] and the collective maximization of such; thus his work is of great interest to the theory and study of [[welfare economics]].<ref>R. Marchionatti and F. Mornati, ed. ''Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy''. New York: Routledge, 2007, pp. ''xi''.</ref> Pareto's work spans a variety of studies from welfare economics to [[political economy]] to [[legal economics]] and others.<br />
There are two main theories within his works collectively referred to as '''Pareto Principles''':
#Pareto improvement
#[[Pareto efficiency]] or Pareto Optimization

==Pareto Improvement==
<onlyinclude>Pareto improvement is a condition on the way to Pareto efficiency whereby goods can be re-allocated to make at least one person better off without making any other individual worse off. Pareto improving behavior, in theory, will continue until Pareto efficiency is reached.</onlyinclude><ref>J.Black, N. Hashimzade, and G. Myles. (2009) "Value Judgment." [Online], Available: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237043.001.0001/acref-9780199237043-e-3287?rskey=GyTkkF&result=1 , 2009 [May 31, 2016]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Individual !! Initial Allocation !! Initial Utility Level !! New Allocation !! New Utility Level
|-
| Person 1 || Good A || ''x'' || Good C || ''x'' +1
|-
| Person 2 || Good B || ''x'' || Good A || ''x''
|-
| Person 3 || Good C || ''x'' || Good B || ''x''
|}
All three individuals started at the same level of utility, ''x'', after the re-allocation the utility of '''Person 1''' increased to ''x''+1 and the others remained the same. This is a Pareto improving allocation because no one individual was made worse off, in a Pareto efficient model, this is not possible. So, if a system is not Pareto efficient, it means that there is room for Pareto improvements to be made. The goal of Pareto improvement is to distribute goods in such a way that everyone is "happy" or "satisfied" and to reach a Pareto efficient state in order to prevent [[market failure]].

An example of a Pareto improvement would be if a group of people did not have [[electricity]] but overtime were able to install a small [[solar array | solar farm]] which brought electricity to their village. The electricity would allow the village to cook and heat their homes with electricity instead of [[charcoal]] which has harmful effects on the respiratory systems of the users. Assuming the electricity is accessible to everyone and the farm does not interfere with anyone in the village, it would be a Pareto improvement because the village is made better off without anyone being made worse off. See [[access to electricity]] and [[access to non-solid fuel]]s for more on the effects of this.

==See Also==
*[[Pareto efficiency]]
*[[Market failure]]
*[[Kaldor-Hicks Efficiency]]

==References==
{{reflist}}