Bourguignon, François; Ferreira, Francisco; Menéndez, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
This paper proposes a measure of the contribution of unequal opportunities to earnings inequality. Drawing on the … inequality of opportunities with five observed circumstances which lie beyond the control of the individual – father’s and mother … opportunity-forming circumstances in accounting for earnings inequality in one of the world’s most unequal countries. We also …