Inequality of opportunity theory and measurement /
Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 19, Inequality of Opportunity contains eight papers, both theoretical and applied, on the concept of equality of opportunity which says that a society should guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
2011.
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| Series: | Research on economic inequality ;
v. 19. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Compensation, reward, and the measurement of unfair inequalities / Paolo Brunori, Vito Peragine
- ch. 2. The implication of partial observability of circumstances on the measurement of IOp / Patrizia Luongo
- ch. 3. Mobility and long-term equality of opportunity / Flaviana Palmisano
- ch. 4. Measuring inequality in life chances with ordinal variables / Jacques Silber, Gaston Yalonetzky
- ch. 5. Equality of opportunity and redistribution in Europe / Lina Dunnzlaff, Dirk Neumann, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl
- ch. 6. Measuring circumstances : Francs or Ranks, does it matter? / Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, Alain Trannoy
- ch. 7. Changes over time in parental education and inequality of opportunities in Chile / Andrea Báez-Montenegro, Juan Prieto-Rodríguez, Rafael Salas
- ch. 8. Vulnerability to poverty : a microeconometric approach and application to the Republic of Haiti / Evans Jadotte
- ch. 9. Inequality of opportunity in the United States : trends and decomposition / Gustavo A. Marrero, Juan G. Rodríguez.
