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Essays on Equality of Opportunity

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  • Paul Hufe

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Equality of opportunity is a principle of justice that is built on two fundamental ideas. On the one hand, outcome dierences across individuals are unacceptable if they are rooted in factors that are beyond individual control. Examples of such circumstance characteristics are the biological sex, race, and the socio-economic status of one’s parents. On the other hand, if individual outcomes were the result of eort, proponents of an equal-opportunity ethic would accept outcome dierences across individuals as fair.

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  • Paul Hufe, 2021. "Essays on Equality of Opportunity," ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 93.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifobei:93
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    Keywords

    Inequality; Equality of Opportunity; Poverty; Fairness; Measurement; Machine Learning; Random Forests; Family Decision-Making; Gender Wage Gap; Skill Formation;
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    JEL classification:

    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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