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Multidimensional poverty in Colombia, 1997 - 2010

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Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals

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Measuring Multidimensional Inequality of Opportunity

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Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?

Ramos, Xavier - 2017

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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