that they take the underlying sources of income differences into account. In contrast to this evidence, current measures of … poverty. We provide two empirical applications of our measure. First, we analyze the development of inequality in the US from …

Rising income inequalities are widely debated in public and academic discourse. In this paper, we contribute to this … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …

Rising income inequalities are widely debated in public and academic discourse. In this paper, we contribute to this … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …

that they take the underlying sources of income differences into account. In contrast to this evidence, current measures of … poverty. We provide two empirical applications of our measure. First, we analyze the development of inequality in the US from …

portion of total income inequality, with values ranging from 30 to 50 percent according to the standard deviation of logs. For …

portion of total income inequality, with values ranging from 30 to 50 percent according to the standard deviation of logs. For …

different birth cohorts. Relative inequality of opportunity represents an important portion of total income inequality, with …. This is a quite different age profile from that of inequality of outcomes (income or consumption), which generally … countries, notably Italy, these trends have failed to translate into decreasing inequality of opportunity in the income …