Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility : Some International Comparisons

Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in various countries, methodological differences have so far prevented meaningful international comparisons. This paper presents a comparison of ex-ante...

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Main Authors:	Brunori, Paolo, Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Peragine, Vito
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE ACCESS TO SERVICES BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CAUSE INEQUALITY COUNTERFACTUAL CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS DATA SETS DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY OF POVERTY EMPIRICAL APPROACHES EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP EQUAL ACCESS ETHNIC GROUP EX-ANTE INEQUALITY EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS FACTORS FUNCTIONAL FORM GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GNP GNP PER CAPITA GROSS INCOME GROWTH ELASTICITY HBS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME COMPONENTS INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SOURCES INCOMES INCREASING RETURNS INDEX OF INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL INCOMES INEQUALITIES IN INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY INHERITANCE INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS ELASTICITY INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL ELASTICITY INTERGENERATIONAL ELASTICITY OF EARNINGS INTERGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LIFE EXPECTANCY LINEAR RELATIONSHIP MEAN INCOME MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEAN VALUE MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASURES OF INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION NORMATIVE ECONOMICS NUMERICAL VALUE OLIGARCHY OPPORTUNITY SET OPPORTUNITY SETS OUTPUT PER CAPITA OVERALL INEQUALITY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS PER CAPITA INCOMES PERMANENT INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY VARIABLES POLITICAL CHANNELS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INEQUALITIES POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL POWER POOR POPULATION SHARE POSITIVE CORRELATION POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS SANITATION SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL MOBILITY TOTAL INEQUALITY UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES VALUATION WAGES WEALTH WELFARE ECONOMICS WELFARE INDICATORS WELL-BEING WELLBEING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17150436/inequality-opportunity-income-inequality-economic-mobility-some-international-comparisons http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12193