Premium
APPROACHES TO INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: PRINCIPLES, MEASURES AND EVIDENCE
Author(s) -
Ramos Xavier,
gaer Dirk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of economic surveys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1467-6419
pISSN - 0950-0804
DOI - 10.1111/joes.12121
Subject(s) - inequality , economics , relevance (law) , point (geometry) , measure (data warehouse) , computable general equilibrium , face (sociological concept) , conceptual framework , economic inequality , empirical evidence , public economics , positive economics , econometrics , microeconomics , sociology , computer science , political science , mathematics , social science , epistemology , law , mathematical analysis , geometry , database , philosophy
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 relevance of the conceptual issues and modelling choices are illustrated with findings from the empirical literature on income inequality of opportunity.