Measuring Inequality of Opportunity with Imperfect Data : The Case of Turkey

The measurement of inequality of opportunity has hitherto not been attempted in a number of countries because of data limitations. This paper proposes two alternative approaches to circumventing the missing data problems in countries where a demogr...

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Main Authors:	Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Gignoux, Jeremie, Aran, Meltem
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION AGRICULTURAL LAND ASSETS AVERAGING BENCHMARK BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CD CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY DATA SET DATA SETS DECOMPOSITION OF INEQUALITY DECREASING FUNCTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATION DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES DISTRIBUTIONS OF WEALTH DURABLE GOODS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES EMPIRICAL STUDIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EQUITY FORMAL EDUCATION FUNCTIONAL FORM FUTURE RESEARCH GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP MEANS GROWTH PROCESS HETEROSKEDASTICITY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVES INCOME INCOME DIFFERENTIALS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDIVIDUAL CHOICES INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY INEQUALITY TRAPS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF INEQUALITY LINEAR REGRESSION LINEAR RELATIONSHIP LIVING CONDITIONS MARRIED WOMEN MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASURES OF INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY MOTHER MOTHER TONGUES NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN OPPORTUNITY SET OPPORTUNITY SETS OUTCOMES OVERALL INEQUALITY OWNERSHIP PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICS POOR POPULATION SHARE POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY POVERTY MAPPING PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCT PROGRESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC ECONOMICS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RENT RESIDUAL TERM RUNNING WATER RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCARCE RESOURCES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SHARES SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TARGETING TELEVISION TOTAL INEQUALITY TRADE TRANSFERS TV UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES URBAN AREAS UTILITY VALUE VARIABLES WEALTH WELFARE WOMAN WORKSHOP
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/02/11771676/measuring-inequality-opportunity-imperfect-data-case-turkey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19918

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19918

Measuring Inequality of Opportunity with Imperfect Data : The Case of Turkey

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