In this paper we provide a methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to
decompose overall income inequality in an “ethically offensive” and an “ethically …

Theoretical and empirical studies exploring the effects of income inequality upon growth
reach a disappointing inconclusive result. This paper postulates that one reason for this …

We evaluate how far away six Latin American countries stand from a normative goal of
equality of opportunity for educational achievement in PISA 2006–2009. We work with …

Using the EU‐SILC database, we estimate and compare the Inequality of Opportunity (IO) of
23 European countries in 2005. IO is estimated as the between‐type (ex‐ante) inequality …

This study analyzes uni-and multidimensional poverty and inequalities in rural and small
towns in Ethiopia. Unlike the unidimensional measure, the multidimensional measure of …

In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to
decompose overall inequality in an ethically offensive and an ethically acceptable part …

Purpose: This paper aims at studying the degree of equality of educational opportunity in the
Italian university system. Methodology: We build on the approaches developed by Peragine …

The empirical analysis of inequality of opportunity centres on disparities between social
types, defined by the exposure to circumstances beyond individual control. Despite this, its …

This paper has two aims:(i) to introduce a novel method for measuring which part of overall
citation inequality can be attributed to differences in citation practices across scientific fields …

Purpose–Our ultimate goal is to characterize three methodological issues. First, compare the
relative performance of alternative estimation methods for long time series, second, estimate …