04899nam 2200697 a 450 991046097890332120200520144314.01-283-35472-197866133547231-78052-035-2(CKB)2670000000131895(EBL)823644(OCoLC)762192677(SSID)ssj0000613312(PQKBManifestationID)11408082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613312(PQKBWorkID)10584758(PQKB)11155454(MiAaPQ)EBC823644(Au-PeEL)EBL823644(CaPaEBR)ebr10520754(CaONFJC)MIL335472(EXLCZ)99267000000013189520120110d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInequality of opportunity[electronic resource] theory and measurement /edited by Juan Gabriel Rodríguez1st ed.Bingley, U.K. Emerald Group Pub.20111 online resource (259 p.)Research on economic inequality,1049-2585 ;v. 19Description based upon print version of record.1-78052-034-4 Includes bibliographical references.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; ACKNOWLEDGMENTREFERENCESAPPENDIX: 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; REFERENCESAPPENDIX 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; REFERENCESCHAPTER 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 3CHAPTER 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; REFERENCESResearch 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.Research on economic inequality ;v. 19.Income distributionEconomicsEqualityElectronic books.Income distribution.Economics.Equality.305.5690973331Rodríguez Juan Gabriel962493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460978903321Inequality of opportunity2182604UNINA