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inequality, we introduce a third factor, luck, that captures the non-responsibility factors whose impact on outcome should be …
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legitimate source of inequality, we introduce a third factor, luck, that captures the random factors whose impact on outcome …
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legitimate source of inequality, we introduce a third factor, luck, that captures the non-responsibility factors whose impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005512015
inequality, we introduce a third factor, luck, that captures the non-responsibility factors whose impact on outcome should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413412
assumed to be random, and contrary to the generalneutral assumption, we obtain that luck does have a biased and persistent …
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This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to changes in the socioeconomic and public health environment into which children are born using individual survey data on 2.24 million children born to 600,000 mothers during the period 1970 to 2000 in 38...
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A paper by social psychologists proclaimed that, for UK citizens, it could be shown that being born in the summer half-year was associated with a significantly higher belief in being lucky, compared with being born in the winter half-year. Are we that much determined by nonsocial forces? A test...
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This paper discusses Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy II (NPRS-II) (2012–2016) for Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. A comparison of the results of the 2000 and 2010 poverty profile, based on the average income method, shows that there was progress in reducing poverty,...
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This paper is an empirical investigation of inequality of education opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa … results show that, despite great efforts in past decades to invest in free public education, most MENA countries are less … States. From the variation in inequality of education opportunities across countries and over time we draw lessons on the …
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in upper-secondary education in Hungary. Rejected and admitted students are compared who applied to the same school and …
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