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Approaches to inequality of opportunity: principles, measures and evidence

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Ramos, Xavier [Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona] Van de gaer, Dirk [UCL]

We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choices researchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis identifies and suggests several new possibilities to measure inequality of opportunity. The relevance of the conceptual issues and modelling choices are illustrated with findings from the empirical literature on income inequality of opportunity.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Economic Surveys" - Vol. 30, no.5, p. 855-883 (2016)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ((United Kingdom) Chichester)
issn 0950-0804
e-issn 1467-6419
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LIDAM/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
Keywords Circumstances ; Compensation ; Effort ; Equality of Opportunity ; Measurement ; Responsibility
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Bibliographic reference Ramos, Xavier ; Van de gaer, Dirk. Approaches to inequality of opportunity: principles, measures and evidence. In: Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 30, no.5, p. 855-883 (2016)
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