The allocation resulting from Rawls' criterion differs strictly from a purely egalitarian allocation, which equalizes the allocated rations without incorporating the number of recipients and without taking into account the different productivities of the potential recipients.
More specifically, the allocator (individual 0) allocates ration r i to n individuals (i = 1, 2,..,n).
The second choice refers to the size of the allocated ration, conditional on the payoff being positive.
With the endowment given by R, the allocator's choice is restricted by ∑ i r i ≤ R. The potential recipients are characterized by two parameters, m i and p i. m i is the minimum ration an individual needs to obtain a positive payoff, while p i is a productivity factor, transforming the allocated ration into a payoff for the recipient.
A rise in the number of babies born underweight was met by allocating extra rations to pregnant women, and setting up "maternity homes" for those most at risk.The resultant statistics are remarkable; so remarkable that some doubt their truth, pointing to Cubans' relatively poor nutrition, and to closed regimes' traditional freedom with figures.
As OPMA and NMA choose an extra ration of zero more often than the other types (see the last section), their allocated extra rations are on average lower.
The producers of this wine do not sell it; they allocate it, rationing out a few cases at a time to favored distributors.
In the case of OPMA and NMA, the allocated extra rations grow with increasing recipient productivity, though not significantly for NMA.
A general relationship between the allocated extra ration r i - m i and a potential recipient's productivity cannot be derived, as the extra ration will be positive for the most productive individual only.
Like many other youths sent to the countryside, Mr. Xi had been allocated corn flour rations.
It is the supposed magic wand that through the forces of demand and supply efficiently allocates resources, variously rations consumption, incentivises behaviour and sends signals to producers and consumers.
