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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt

Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...

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Trends in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education among Black South Africans

Magejo, Prudence; Benhura, Miracle; Gwatidzo, Tendai - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates trends in intergenerational transmission of education among black South Africans – changes in … correlation between parents' and children's education. Using data for 1954-1993 birth cohorts, we find a decrease in … intergenerational transmission of education over the last four decades. The decline is strongest in the lower tail of the educational …

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Inequality of Opportunities of Educational Achievement in Turkey over Time

Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

weakening of these factors over time. Policies are necessary to improve equality of opportunity in education in Turkey. …

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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation

Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of...

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The Illusion of School Choice: Empirical Evidence from Barcelona

Calsamiglia, Caterina; Güell, Maia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

School choice aims to improve (1) the matching between children and schools and (2) students' educational outcomes. Yet, the concern is that disadvantaged families are less able to exercise choice, which raises (3) equity concerns. The Boston mechanism (BM) is a procedure that is widely used...

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Opportunity-Sensitive Poverty Measurement

Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Lugo, Maria Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We axiomatically characterize two classes of poverty measures which are sensitive to inequality of opportunity – one a strict subset of the other. The proposed indices are sensitive not only to income shortfalls from the poverty line, but also to differences in opportunities faced by people...

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"I Wish I Had 100 Dollars a Month …" - The Intergenerational Transfer of Poverty in Mongolia

Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper aims to study the mechanisms of the intergenerational transfer of poverty: it considers household poverty as a risk factor for youth poverty. The study is based on a unique, nationally representative School-to-Work Transition survey carried out in 2006 in Mongolia, one of the 50...

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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...

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Equality of Opportunity and the Distribution of Long-Run Income in Sweden

Björklund, Anders; Jäntti, Markus; Roemer, John E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

well as several important background circumstances, such as parental education and income, family structure and own IQ …

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Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility

Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Families, labor markets, and public policies all structure a child’s opportunities and determine the extent to which adult earnings are related to family background. Cross-country comparisons and the underlying trends suggest that these drivers will most likely lower the degree of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695861

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