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Robust cross-country analysis of inequality of opportunity

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  • Andreoli, Francesco
  • Fusco, Alessio

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International rankings of countries based on inequality of opportunity indices may not be robust vis-à-vis the specific metric adopted to measure opportunities. Indices often aggregate relevant information and neglect to control for normatively irrelevant distributional factors. This paper shows that gap curves can be estimated from cross-sectional data and adopted to test hypotheses about robust cross-country comparisons of (in)equality of opportunity.

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  • Andreoli, Francesco & Fusco, Alessio, 2019. "Robust cross-country analysis of inequality of opportunity," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 86-89.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:182:y:2019:i:c:p:86-89
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.06.005
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    1. Andreoli, Francesco & Fusco, Alessio, 2019. "Robust cross-country analysis of inequality of opportunity," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 86-89.
    2. Brunori, Paolo & Hufe, Paul & Mahler, Daniel Gerszon, 2021. "The Roots of Inequality: Estimating Inequality of Opportunity from Regression Trees and Forests," IZA Discussion Papers 14689, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Paul Hufe & Andreas Peichl & Daniel Weishaar, 2022. "Lower and upper bound estimates of inequality of opportunity for emerging economies," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 58(3), pages 395-427, April.
    4. Radl, Jonas & Miller, Luis, 2021. "Conceptual and Methodological Considerations on Effort: An Interdisciplinary Approach," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 65(11), pages 1447-1456.
    5. Brunori, Paolo & Hufe, Paul & Mahler, Daniel, 2023. "The roots of inequality: estimating inequality of opportunity from regression trees and forests," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 118220, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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