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Recent literature has suggested many ways of measuring equality of opportunity. We analyze in a systematic manner the various approaches put forth in the literature to show whether and to what extent different choices matter empirically. We use EU-SILC data for most European countries for 2005...
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. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize …
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. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize …
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Many studies have estimated the effect of circumstances on income acquisition. Perhaps surprisingly, the fraction of … inequality attributable to circumstances is usually quite small - in the advanced democracies, on the order of 20%. One reason … accomplishments of children should be considered the consequence of circumstances: That is, an individual should not be considered to …
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Distributive value judgments based on the ‘origins’ of economic inequalities (e.g. circumstances and responsible … compared with existing empirical evidences on Roemer’s (A Pragmatic Theory of Responsibility for the Egalitarian Planner, 1993 …
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Distributive value judgments based on the 'origins' of economic inequalities (e.g. circumstances and responsible … compared with existing empirical evidences on Roemer's (A Pragmatic Theory of Responsibility for the Egalitarian Planner, 1993 …
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This study analyses EU-28- and euro area-level income distribution with the latest EU-SILC data. More specifically it shows the evolution of inequality in net disposable and market incomes over the pre- and post-crisis period (2006-2013). I find that inequality between the EU-28 and euro area...
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opportunity should have. Standard methods for the measurement of inequality of opportunity require the construction of …
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Recent literature has suggested many ways of measuring equality of opportunity. We analyze in a systematic manner the various approaches put forth in the literature to show whether and to what extent different choices matter empirically. We use EU-SILC data for most European countries for 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942095