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Inequality Of Opportunity Of Daycare Andpreschool Services In Brazil

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  • MIGUEL NATHAN FOGUEL

    (IPEA)

  • FERNANDO VELOSO

    (IBMEC-RJ)

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In this paper we measure inequality of opportunity in daycare and preschool services in Brazil. For this purpose, we construct an opportunity index that modifies the Human Opportunity Index proposed in the literature and used in Barros et al. ( 2009 ) to measure inequality in basic opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Specifically, we construct an opportunity measure that includes not only attendance but also parental choice not to enroll children in daycare or preschool, using data from a supplementary questionnaire included in the 2006 version of Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD). The results show that there are large differences between our opportunity index and the Human Opportunity Index for children aged 0–3 years old and considerably smaller differences for children aged 4–6 years old, which suggests that preschool may be closer to a basic opportunity than daycare. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
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  • Miguel Nathan Foguel & Fernando Veloso, 2011. "Inequality Of Opportunity Of Daycare Andpreschool Services In Brazil," Anais do XXXVIII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 38th Brazilian Economics Meeting] 129, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
    • Handle: RePEc:anp:en2010:129
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    1. Paul Hufe & Andreas Peichl, 2020. "Beyond Equal Rights: Equality of Opportunity in Political Participation," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 66(3), pages 477-511, September.
    2. Lianying Yao & Xiaoxiao Ma, 2022. "Has digital finance widened the income gap?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(2), pages 1-20, February.
    3. Dirk Van de gaer & Xavier Ramos, 2020. "Measurement of inequality of opportunity based on counterfactuals," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 55(3), pages 595-627, October.
    4. Iturra, Victor & Gallardo, Mauricio, 2022. "Schools, circumstances and inequality of opportunities in Chile," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).

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    • D39 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Other
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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