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...

Segregation analysis is concerned with the way in which mutually exclusive groups, gathering individuals sharing similar characteristics (such as their ethnic, linguistic or parental background) are dissimilarly distributed across non-overlapping organizational units (such as neighborhoods of a...