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Igualdad de oportunidades en ingresos: el caso de Argentina
Serio, Monserrat - 2011
los efectos distributivos de la educación en Argentina. Los métodos estándar se centran, por lo general, en efectos … flexibilidad y utilidad de los métodos de RNCQ. Nuestra aplicación para el caso de Argentina sugiere que la educación ha … phenomenon and it uses information from household surveys conducted in Argentina from 2004 to the present. Sample selection into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429335
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Inequality of opportunity in household income, China 2002-2018
Yang, Xiuna; Gustafsson, Björn; Sicular, Terry - 2021
This study contributes to the literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) in China by covering a longer and more recent span of time, employing better measures of given characteristics, and analyzing IOp for household income per capita with comparisons to individual income. Furthermore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550223
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Fair and unfair income inequalities in Europe
Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vito; Serlenga, Laura - 2010
This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional setups that are associated to opportunity inequality. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269930
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Inequality of Opportunity in Household Income, China 2002-2018
Yang, Xiuna; Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Sicular, Terry - 2021
This study contributes to the literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) in China by covering a longer and more recent span of time, employing better measures of given characteristics, and analyzing IOp for household income per capita with comparisons to individual income. Furthermore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597609
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Opportunity-sensitive poverty measurement
Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Ana Lugo, Maria - 2013
We axiomatically characterize two classes of poverty measures which are sensitive to inequality of opportunity - one a strict subset of the other. The proposed indices are sensitive not only to income shortfalls from the poverty line, but also to differences in opportunities faced by people with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226762
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Inequality of opportunity and economic growth : a cross-country analysis
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Lakner, Christoph; Ana Lugo, … - 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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The distribution of wealth in Spain and the USA : the role of socioeconomic factors
Salas-Rojo, Pedro; Rodríguez, Juan Gabriel - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 3, pp. 389-421
The literature has typically found that the distribution of socioeconomic factors like education, labor status and income does not account for the remarkablewealth inequality disparities between countries.As a result, their different institutions and other latent factors receive all the credit....
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Circumstances and determination of individual outcomes in Bolivia : family background and equality of opportunities (2003-2013)
Herrera Jiménez, Alejandro; Villegas Quino, Horacio - 2016
We analyze the effect of some circumstances, i.e. exogenously determined individual characteristics, over individual income and likewise over achieved years of education. Gathering information for Bolivia and applying the theoretical scheme of Equality of Opportunity, this paper identifies as...
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Long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity
Bussolo, Maurizio; Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2020
The main goal of this paper is to document and analyze the long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity (IOp) in the four largest European economies (France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy). Relative IOp represents an important portion of total income inequality, with values ranging from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012193223
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Fair and unfair income inequalities in Europe
Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vito; Serlenga, Laura - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic … - 2010
This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional setups that are associated to opportu nity inequality. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220522