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Opportunity-sensitive poverty measurement

Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Ana Lugo, Maria - 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 …-dependent aggregation of type-specific poverty levels, is also introduced. Using household survey data from eighteen European countries in …

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Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity

Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2010

In this paper, we introduce and apply a general framework for evaluating long-term income distributions according to the Equality of Opportunity principle. Our framework allows for both an ex-ante and an ex-post approach to EOp. Our ex-post approach relies on a permanent income measure defined...

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Fair and unfair income inequalities in Europe

Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vitorocco; Serlenga, Laura - 2010

This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional setups that are associated to opportunity inequality. We...

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Equality of opportunity : theory and evidence

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2015

opportunity - and empirical applications - are reviewed, and implications for the measurement of poverty and of the rate of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510602

Ex post inequality of opportunity comparisons

Fleurbaey, Marc; Peragine, Vitorocco; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

In this paper we propose different criteria to rank income distributions according to equality of opportunity. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize them axiomatically and we compare them with existing...

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Inequality of opportunity, income inequality and economic mobility : some international comparisons

Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, … - 2013

Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in various countries, methodological differences have so far prevented meaningful international comparisons. This paper presents a comparison of ex-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity...

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Regional disparities and inequality of opportunity : the case of Italy

Checchi, Daniele (contributor); … - 2005

In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to decompose overall inequality in an "ethically offensive" and an "ethically acceptable" part. Moreover, we provide some empirical applications of these new evaluation tools: in the first exercise, we compare the...

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Long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity

Bussolo, Maurizio; Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2020

The main goal of this paper is to document and analyze the long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity (IOp) in the four largest European economies (France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy). Relative IOp represents an important portion of total income inequality, with values ranging from...

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Prioritarianism and equality of opportunity

Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, … - 2021

This paper asks whether prioritarianism - the view that social welfare orderings should give explicit priority to the worse-off - is consistent with the normative theory of equality of opportunity. We show that there are inherent tensions between some of the axioms underpinning prioritarianism...

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