1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460978903321

Titolo

Inequality of opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : theory and measurement / / edited by Juan Gabriel Rodríguez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K., : Emerald Group Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-35472-1

9786613354723

1-78052-035-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Research on economic inequality, , 1049-2585 ; ; v. 19

Altri autori (Persone)

RodríguezJuan Gabriel

Disciplina

305.5690973

331

Soggetti

Income distribution

Economics

Equality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1 COMPENSATION, REWARD, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF UNFAIR INEQUALITIES; INTRODUCTION; MODEL; FAIRNESS CONDITIONS AND IOP MEASURES; COMPENSATION AND REWARD VIOLATIONS; A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; CONCLUDING REMARK; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; APPENNDIX: PROOFS; CHAPTER 2 THE IMPLICATION OF PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP; INTRODUCTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; TWO APPROACHES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCESAPPENDIX: PROOFS; CHAPTER 3 MOBILITY AND LONG-TERM EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY; INTRODUCTION; THE FRAMEWORK; NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES WITH ORDINAL VARIABLES; INTRODUCTION; THE METHODOLOGY; APPLYING THE APPROACH OF



REARDON (2009) TO THE STUDY OF INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES; NEW INDICES FOR MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES IN THE CASE OF AN ORDINAL VARIABLE; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: FULFILMENT OF EXCHANGES PROPERTIES BY THE INDICES BASED ON ABSOLUTE DISTANCESAPPENDIX B: DERIVATION OF THE MAXIMA FOR THE NEW INDICES; CHAPTER 5 EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND REDISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE; INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; EMPIRICAL STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION OF RESULTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 MEASURING CIRCUMSTANCES: FRANCS OR RANKS, DOES IT MATTER?; INTRODUCTION; DATA DESCRIPTION; DISCRETE APPROACH; CONTINUOUS APPROACH; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES

CHAPTER 7 CHANGES OVER TIME IN PARENTAL EDUCATION AND INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN CHILEINTRODUCTION; INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY MEASUREMENT; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL EXERCISE; EXTENSIONS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A MICROECONOMETRIC APPROACH AND APPLICATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI; INTRODUCTION; REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL LITERATURE; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; THE DATA; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CAVEATS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX: THREE-LEVEL VARIANCE COMPONENTS MODEL WITH COVARIATES AT LEVELS 2 AND 3

CHAPTER 9 INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: TRENDS AND DECOMPOSITIONINTRODUCTION; METHODS FOR ESTIMATING IO; THE DATABASE AND THE SAMPLE DESIGN; INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: PARAMETRIC VS. NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATES; THE DECOMPOSITION OF INCOME INEQUALITY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 19, Inequality of Opportunity contains eight papers, both theoretical and applied, on the concept of equality of opportunity which says that a society should guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them responsible for turning that access into actual advantage by the application of effort.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910261095003321

Autore

Kosthorst Daniel

Titolo

Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Wissenschaftliche Leiterin: Ilse Dorothee Pautsch 1964 / / Wolfgang Hölscher, Daniel Kosthorst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 1995

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, , [2013]

©1995

ISBN

9783486718232

3486718231

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1831 pages)

Collana

Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Disciplina

327.43/009/045

Soggetti

Außenpolitik

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Edition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Dokument 1-13 -- Dokument 14-20 -- Dokument 21-32 -- Dokument 33-44 -- Dokument 45-53 -- Dokument 54-66 -- Dokument 67-79 -- Dokument 80-96 -- Dokument 97-108 -- Dokument 109-125 -- Dokument 126-140 -- Dokument 141-155 -- Dokument 156-168 -- Dokument 169-181 -- Dokument 182-188 -- Dokument 189-198 -- Dokument 199-210 -- Dokument 211-223 -- Dokument 224-241 -- Dokument 242-253 -- Dokument 254-267 -- Dokument 268-282 -- Dokument 283-302 -- Dokument 303-317 -- Dokument 318-334 -- Dokument 335-346 -- Dokument 347-363 -- Dokument 364-376 -- Dokument 377-384 -- Dokument 385-399 -- Dokument 400-402 -- Back Matter

Sommario/riassunto

Herausgegeben im Auftrag des Auswärtigen Amts vom Institut für Zeitgeschichte. Hauptherausgeber: Hans-Peter Schwarz, Mitherausgeber: Helga Haftendorn, Klaus Hildebrand, Werner Link, Horst Möller und Rudolf Morsey. Wissenschaftlicher Leiter: Rainer Blasius. Als am 28. Juli Alexej Adschubej, der Schwiegersohn des sowjetischen Ministerpräsidenten, in Bonn von Bundeskanzler Erhard



empfangen wurde, glaubten viele, dass damit eine Chance für die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands eröffnet sei. Doch die geheimnisumwitterte Unterredung verlief, wie das hier erstmals veröffentlichte Protokoll zeigt, eher unspektakulär. Wenige Wochen später zerstörte der Sturz Chruschtschows auch jene Hoffnungen, die sich an das Zustandekommen einer deutsch-sowjetischen Gipfelbegegnung geknüpft hatten. Anhand einer Fülle bislang geheimer Schriftstücke dokumentiert der vorliegende Jahrgang der "Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" diesen und weitere außenpolitische Themenschwerpunkte des Jahres 1964, wie etwa den Misserfolg der Bemühungen um eine Fortsetzung der europäischen Integration und das schwierige Vorantasten der "Politik der Bewegung" gegenüber den Ostblock-Staaten. Nicht zuletzt bietet der Band spannende Einblicke in die Vorgeschichte der Nahost-Krise, die mit dem Bekanntwerden der Waffenlieferungen an Israel im Oktober 1964 anhob.