Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62458 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6672
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choices researchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis identifies and suggests several new possibilities to measure inequality of opportunity. The approaches are illustrated with a selective survey of the empirical literature on income inequality of opportunity.
Subjects: 
equality of opportunity
measurement
compensation
responsibility
effort
circumstances
JEL: 
D3
D63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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