It is the concern for equality of opportunity that provides the philosophical underpinning for the equity principle of equal access to education.
However, group B consists of younger persons who, consequently, have enjoyed fewer QALYs than persons in group A. Adhering to the equity principle of prospective health, group A would have priority because they face immediate death.
The horizontal equity principle of providing equal treatment for equal medical need [ 11] is employed in this article, but within this framework the focus is in those interventions considered effective based on scientific evidence or wide consensus among medical experts.
What kind of equity principles for the provision of transport could be derived from the principles guiding the provision of housing?
In Section 5, we give a brief account of the equity principles underlying the provision of health care, education and housing.
By analyzing the equity principles in each of the latter domains, and assessing their possible relevance for the domain of transport, we want to contribute to the rapidly growing literature addressing equity concerns in the domain of transport.
In the second part of the paper, we contrast the (lack of) equity principles in the transport domain with the type of equity principles underpinning three domains of government intervention: health care, education, and housing.
In the second part of the paper, we contrast the (lack of) equity principles in the transport domain with the type of equity principles underpinning the three domains of government intervention mentioned above: health care, education, and housing.
Like in the case of health care, there is broad agreement in developed countries about equity principles in the domain of education.
In the next sub-sections the focus will be on equity principles underlying the provision of health, education, housing and mobility.
