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Generalized Gini Indices of Equality of Opportunity

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Volume (Year): 1 (2003)
Issue (Month): 1 (April)
Pages: 5-24
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Keywords: equity; equality of opportunity; Gini; inequality measurement; opportunity sets;

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  1. Weymark, John A., 1981. "Generalized gini inequality indices," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 409-430, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Kranich, Laurence, 1996. "Equitable Opportunities: An Axiomatic Approach," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 71(1), pages 131-147, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Blackorby, C. & Bossert, W. & Donaldson, D., 1995. "Income Inequality Measurement: The Normative Approach," UBC Departmental Archives 95-23, UBC Department of Economics.
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  7. Herrero, Carmen & Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Inigo & Nieto, Jorge, 1998. "Ranking opportunity profiles on the basis of the common opportunities," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 273-289, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Herrero, Carmen, 1997. "Equitable opportunities: an extension," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 91-95, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  12. Dirk Van de gaer & Marc Fleurbaey & Walter Bossert, 1999. "Responsibility, talent, and compensation: A second-best analysis," Review of Economic Design, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 35-55. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  15. Atkinson, Anthony B., 1970. "On the measurement of inequality," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 244-263, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. William C. Horrace & Joseph T. Marchand & Timothy M. Smeeding, 2005. "Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate Subset Selection," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 70, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. [Downloadable!]
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