Is inequality of opportunity robust to the measurement approach?
Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Van de Gaer, Dirk (Université Catholique de Louvain)

Publicació:	Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2017
Descripció:	26 pag.
Resum:	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 and 2011. The choice between ex-ante and ex-post approaches is crucial and has a substantial influence on inequality of opportunity country orderings. Growth regressions also illustrate the relevance of conceptual choices. We only find significant negative effects for some direct parametric ex-ante measures.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECO2016-76506-C4-4-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014-SGR-1279
Drets:	Tots els drets reservats.
Llengua:	Anglès
Col·lecció:	Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor); 11157
Document:	Working paper
Matèria:	Equality of opportunity ; Measurement ; Ex-ante ; Ex-post ; Direct approach ; Indirect approach ; Responsibility ; Effort ; Income ; EU-SILC

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