Decomposing equality of opportunity by income sources

Giuseppe Pignataro

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 2, 702-711

Abstract: An opportunity egalitarian view focus not only on equality of outcomes but essentially on the means or opportunities to realize such outcomes. In this paper we propose a methodology to decompose an opportunity egalitarian Atkinson index by income sources seeking for a measure of overall equality into an opportunity and a responsibility component.

Keywords: equality of opportunity; measurement; equivalent income; income sources; factor components (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-04-28
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