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| Published: June 25, 2014

The Development of Distributive Justice: Does Type of Schooling really matter?

Dr. Rita Karmakar ,

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta, India Google Scholar More about the auther

Prof. Anjali Ghosh

Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.015/20140103

DOI: 10.25215/0103.015

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Distributive justice is the normative principle designed to guide the allocation of resources among the members of a community. Distributive justice in the context of reward allocation mainly deals with various determinants of preference for specific justice (allocation) rules, such as equity (merit), equality, need and seniority (Deutsch, 1985; Homans, 1961; Leventhal, 1980). The present study has been undertaken to determine the role of age, gender and type of schooling on the development of distributive justice of children.  Participants of the study were 200 children (100 from missionary and 100 from non-missionary schools) belonging to Kolkata district, West Bengal. The results indicated the role of type of schooling and age on the development of distributive justice of adolescents. Pre adolescents generally prefer equality as justice criteria whereas adolescents generally prefer merit as their justice criteria. Effect of type of schooling is prominent among pre-adolescents. 
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Dr. Rita Karmakar @ rk_r80@rediffmail.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

DIP: 18.01.015/20140103

DOI: 10.25215/0103.015

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Published in   Volume 01, Issue 3, April-June, 2014