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The Measurement of Educational Inequality : Achievement and Opportunity

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2011

This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. Its selection is informed by consideration of two measurement issues that have...

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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility : Some International Comparisons

Brunori, Paolo - 2013

-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity (IEO) across 41 countries, and of the Human Opportunity Index (HOI) for 39 … intergenerational mobility. The analysis finds evidence of a "Kuznets curve" for inequality of opportunity, and finds that the IEO index … in incomes and in years of schooling. The HOI is highly correlated with the Human Development Index, and its internal …

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Lives and Livelihoods : Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Decerf, Benoit - 2020

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively...

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Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases : An Introduction

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2015

In response to a growing interest in comparing inequality levels and trends across countries, a number of cross-national inequality databases are now available. These databases differ considerably in purpose, coverage, data sources, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and quality of documentation....

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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012 : Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2015

The 2014 release of a new set of purchasing power parity conversion factors (PPPs) for 2011 has prompted a revision of the international poverty line. In order to preserve the integrity of the goalposts for international targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank's twin...

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Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth : A Cross-Country Analysis

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2014

Income differences arise from many sources. While some kinds of inequality, caused by effort differences, might be associated with faster economic growth, other kinds, arising from unequal opportunities for investment, might be detrimental to economic progress. We construct two new metadata...

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Death and Destitution : The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, Daniel - 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses â increased mortality and higher poverty â using years of human life as a common metric. We estimate that almost 20 million...

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