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Reexamining the inequality of opportunity in education in some European countries

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  • Casilda Lasso De La Vega
  • Agurtzane Lekuona
  • Susan Orbe

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This paper analyzes inequality of opportunity in education in 20 European countries. We aim to examine to what extent students’ educational achievements are conditioned by circumstances such as their family background, school characteristics and peer effects, and by their own efforts. To that end, we propose a model that allows us to analyze the total effect of circumstances on overall education inequalities. Then, we propose a measure of inequality of opportunity that captures that effect.We find that, among the selected countries, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg show the highest levels of inequality of opportunity, whereas Finland, Romania, Ireland, Spain and Norway get the lowest.

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  • Casilda Lasso De La Vega & Agurtzane Lekuona & Susan Orbe, 2020. "Reexamining the inequality of opportunity in education in some European countries," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(7), pages 544-548, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:27:y:2020:i:7:p:544-548
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1638495
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    1. Petcu Ionela-Roxana, 2022. "The Role Of Education In Rural-Urban Wage Gap For Romania: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 4, pages 216-224, August.
    2. Gustavo A. Marrero & Juan C. Palomino & Gabriela Sicilia, 2022. "Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievement in Western Europe: contributors and channels," Working Papers 612, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
    3. Pedro Salas-Rojo & Juan Gabriel Rodríguez, 2021. "The distribution of wealth in Spain and the USA: the role of socioeconomic factors," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 12(3), pages 389-421, September.

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