LEADER 05096nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910455531203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77309-X 010 $a9786613683861 010 $a1-84855-135-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765323 035 $a(EBL)453238 035 $a(OCoLC)609843528 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361603 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267669 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361603 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10353592 035 $a(PQKB)11412444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453238 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310659 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765323 100 $a20081217d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInequality and opportunity$b[electronic resource] $epapers from the second ECINEQ Society meeting /$fedited by John Bishop, Buhong Zheng 210 $aBingley $cEmerald Group Publishing$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 225 1 $aResearch on economic inequality,$x1049-2585 ;$vv. 16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84855-134-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aInequality and Opportunity: Papers from The Second Ecineq Society Meeting; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Equal liberties and the resulting optimum income distribution and taxation; Macrojustice; Equal economic liberty; Will the gamble be individual or for the entire groupquest; Equivalent properties and normative meanings; An empirical illustration; Real gains, incentive compatibility; Information, degree of redistribution, public finance; Comparison with the other economic and ethical theories; Normative aspects; Notes 327 $aBonferroni absolute index and De Vergottini absolute index as deprivation measures8References; Tests of welfarism for macrojustice; An empirical illustration. European Union 2000; Multidimensional labour, non-linear production; Unemployment; Inequality and envy; Introduction; The approach; Absolute measures; Relative measures; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Interdependent preferences in the design of equal-opportunity policies; Introduction; The model; The mechanisms; An illustration: equal-opportunity policies for health care; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References 327 $aHigher education and equality of opportunity in ItalyIntroduction; Equality of educational opportunities; The empirical analysis: equality of opportunity in the Italian higher education system; Concluding remarks; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Inequality of opportunity for income in five countries of Africa; Introduction; The measurement and analysis of inequality of opportunity; Data and variables construction; Results: differences in inequality of opportunity for income; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References 327 $a: Decomposition of inequality of opportunity indexes using the log-linear modelEqualizing income versus equalizing opportunity:a comparison of the United States and Germany; Introduction; Preferences for redistribution; Framework; Estimating the income-generating process; Measuring unfairness; The egalitarian equivalent and conditional egalitarian fair income: a robustness analysis; Concluding remarks; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Intergenerational income inequality and dynastic poverty persistence: Germany and the United States compared; Introduction; Database and sample organization 327 $aMethodologyEmpirical results; Conclusions; Note; Acknowledgments; References; Measuring inequality with ordinal data: a note; Introduction; Ranking health distributions; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Multidimensional unit- and subgroup-consistent inequality and poverty measures: some characterizations; Introduction; Multidimensional unit-consistent inequality measures; Multidimensional unit-consistent poverty measures; Concluding remarks; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Rankings of income distributions: a note on intermediate inequality indices; Introduction 327 $aUnit-consistency and intermediate inequality measures 330 $aContains a selection of thirteen papers from the Second Biannual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Berlin, July, 27. This work covers topics including welfare analysis with ordinal data, unit consistency and multidimensional ine 410 0$aResearch on economic inequality ;$vv. 16. 606 $aIncome distribution$vCongresses 606 $aEducational equalization$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIncome distribution 615 0$aEducational equalization 676 $a339.2 701 $aBishop$b John A$0614244 701 $aZheng$b Buhong$0913262 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455531203321 996 $aInequality and opportunity$92045813 997 $aUNINA