Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert

We welcome the comments of Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert on our Editorial as a means of stimulating further debate on the usefulness of estimates of inequality of opportunity, especially for policy purposes. Our responses to their comments are in three categories. First, they broadly agree wit...

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Main Authors:	Kanbur, Ravi, Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Wiley 2015
Subjects:	inequality of opportunity
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22766

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spelling	okr-10986-227662021-04-23T14:04:11Z Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert Kanbur, Ravi Wagstaff, Adam inequality of opportunity We welcome the comments of Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert on our Editorial as a means of stimulating further debate on the usefulness of estimates of inequality of opportunity, especially for policy purposes. Our responses to their comments are in three categories. First, they broadly agree with many of our criticisms of the Paes de Barros et al. approach to measuring inequality of opportunity, but they say that these criticisms are already well appreciated in the literature. We beg to differ. Given our knowledge of work in policy settings, we believe that strong health warnings are in order. Second, we feel they do not sufficiently engage with a number of our points, including on talent and on luck. Third, while we agree with them that a strong focus on the income–health gradient leaves out many other considerations, we would nevertheless continue to argue for this focus on pragmatic grounds in the realm of policy. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions. http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html 2015-10-09T19:51:53Z 2015-10-09T19:51:53Z 2015-06-24 Journal Article Health Economics 1099-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22766 en_US For non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions. http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html World Bank Wiley Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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spellingShingle	inequality of opportunity Kanbur, Ravi Wagstaff, Adam Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert
description	We welcome the comments of Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert on our Editorial as a means of stimulating further debate on the usefulness of estimates of inequality of opportunity, especially for policy purposes. Our responses to their comments are in three categories. First, they broadly agree with many of our criticisms of the Paes de Barros et al. approach to measuring inequality of opportunity, but they say that these criticisms are already well appreciated in the literature. We beg to differ. Given our knowledge of work in policy settings, we believe that strong health warnings are in order. Second, we feel they do not sufficiently engage with a number of our points, including on talent and on luck. Third, while we agree with them that a strong focus on the income–health gradient leaves out many other considerations, we would nevertheless continue to argue for this focus on pragmatic grounds in the realm of policy. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions. http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html
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title	Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert
title_short	Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert
title_full	Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert
title_fullStr	Inequality of Opportunity : Reply to Pedro Rosa Dias and Erik Schokkaert
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