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

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, U.K., : Emerald Group Pub., 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5690973; 331
• Soggetto topico: Income distribution; Economics; Equality
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RodríguezJuan Gabriel
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inequality of opportunity
• ISBN: 1-283-35472-1; 9786613354723; 1-78052-035-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460978903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research on economic inequality ; ; v. 19.