Outcomes, Opportunity and Development : Why Unequal Opportunities and Not Outcomes Hinder Economic Development

This paper studies the relationship between inequality of opportunity and development outcomes in a cross-country setting. Scholars have long debated the impact of inequality on growth, development, and the quality of institutions in a society. The...

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Main Authors:	Molina, Ezequiel, Narayan, Ambar, Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION ADVERSE IMPACT AGRICULTURE ASSET DISTRIBUTION BIBLIOGRAPHY CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHILD WELFARE CITIZENS CLASSIFICATION COAUTHORS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COUNTRY LEVEL CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA SET DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENTIAL PATHS DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONAL MEASURES DIVIDENDS EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION SYSTEMS ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPIRICAL WORK ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL SOCIETIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLE FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FAMILY INCOME FAMILY STRUCTURE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA GROWTH PROSPECTS HISTORICAL DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POTENTIAL IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INTERVENTIONS LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LONG-RUN GROWTH MEASURING INEQUALITY NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP 0 HYPOTHESIS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY CHANNEL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SCIENCE POOR HEALTH POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROBABILITY PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ECONOMICS READING REDUCING INEQUALITY REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RESEARCHERS RESPECT SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH UNEQUAL POWER VICIOUS CYCLE WAGES WEALTH WEB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18730827/outcomes-opportunity-development-unequal-opportunities-not-outcomes-hinder-economic-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21472

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18730827/outcomes-opportunity-development-unequal-opportunities-not-outcomes-hinder-economic-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21472

Outcomes, Opportunity and Development : Why Unequal Opportunities and Not Outcomes Hinder Economic Development

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