Empirical approaches to inequality of opportunity: Principles, measures, and evidence

Xavier Ramos () and Dirk Van de gaer
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Xavier Ramos: Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, IZA and EQUALITAS

No 259, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: 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 identities and suggests several new possibilities to measure inequality of opportunity. The approaches are illustrated with a selective survey of the empirical literature on income inequality of opportunity.

Keywords: equality of opportunity; measurement; compensation; responsibility; effort; circumstances. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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