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«Layers of Inequality: Social Mobility, Inequality of Opportunity and Skin Colour in Mexico»

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  • Luis Angel-Monroy Gómez Franco
  • Roberto Vélez Grajales
  • Gastón Yalonetzky

    (Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias)

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We document the contribution of skin colour toward quantifying inequality of opportunity over a proxy indicator of wealth. Our Ferreira-Gignoux estimates of inequality of opportunity as a share of total wealth inequality show that once parental wealth is included as a circumstance variable, the share of inequality of opportunity rises above 40 per cent, overall and for every age cohort. By contrast, the contribution of skin tone to total inequality of opportunity remains minor throughout.

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  • Luis Angel-Monroy Gómez Franco & Roberto Vélez Grajales & Gastón Yalonetzky, 2018. "«Layers of Inequality: Social Mobility, Inequality of Opportunity and Skin Colour in Mexico»," Papers 2018_04, Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias.
    • Handle: RePEc:auk:ecosoc:2018_04
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    1. Braulio Güémez & Patricio Solís, 2022. "Ethnoracial and Educational Homogamy in Mexico: A Multidimensional Perspective," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 41(6), pages 2331-2363, December.

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