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Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?
Author(s) -
Ramos Xavier,
Van de gaer Dirk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
review of income and wealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1475-4991
pISSN - 0034-6586
DOI - 10.1111/roiw.12448
Subject(s) - inequality , economics , ex ante , relevance (law) , econometrics , macroeconomics , political science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , law
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. Drawing on data for most European countries for 2005 and 2011, we find that 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 potential relevance of conceptual choices.