Empirical approaches to inequality of opportunity: Principles, measures, and evidence

Xavier Ramos ^[1] ; Dirk Van de Gaer ^[2]
1. [1] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  
  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  
  Barcelona, España
2. [2] Ghent University
  
  Ghent University
  
  Arrondissement Gent, Bélgica
Localización: Working papers (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada), Nº. 8, 2012
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuringinequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been trans-lated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choicesresearchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis iden-tifies and suggests several new possibilities to measure inequality of op-portunity. The approaches are illustrated with a selective survey of theempirical literature on income inequality of opportunity.