Generalized Gini Indices of Equality of Opportunity

John Weymark

No 114, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers from Vanderbilt University Department of Economics

Abstract: This article considers the ranking of profiles of opportunity sets on the basis of their equality. A version of the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle that is appropriate for the measurement of opportunity inequality is introduced and used to axiomatize the class of generalized Gini equality of opportunity orderings. A characterization of the class of generalized Gini social preference orderings for opportunity profiles is also provided.

Keywords: Equity; equality of opportunity; Gini; inequality measurement; opportunity sets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-08, Revised 2002-06
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