Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa

In the last decades, inequality of opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on the assumption that, in addition to being normatively undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth. This paper evaluates inequality of opport...

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Main Authors:	Brunori, Paolo, Palmisano, Flaviana, Peragine, Vito
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	consumption inequality equality of opportunity inequality
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26660755/inequality-opportunity-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24863

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spelling	okr-10986-248632021-04-23T14:04:27Z Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa Brunori, Paolo Palmisano, Flaviana Peragine, Vito consumption inequality equality of opportunity inequality In the last decades, inequality of opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on the assumption that, in addition to being normatively undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth. This paper evaluates inequality of opportunity and the different sources of unequal opportunities in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The results indicate that the portion of total inequality that can be attributed to exogenous circumstances -- that is, circumstances outside the control of individuals control -- is between 30 percent and 40 percent in the countries considered. The results also indicate a positive association between total consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity. Finally, this paper addresses a number of methodological issues that typically arise when measuring inequality of opportunity with imperfect data, which is the typical case in developing countries. 2016-08-10T15:06:50Z 2016-08-10T15:06:50Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26660755/inequality-opportunity-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24863 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7782 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa
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description	In the last decades, inequality of opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on the assumption that, in addition to being normatively undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth. This paper evaluates inequality of opportunity and the different sources of unequal opportunities in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The results indicate that the portion of total inequality that can be attributed to exogenous circumstances -- that is, circumstances outside the control of individuals control -- is between 30 percent and 40 percent in the countries considered. The results also indicate a positive association between total consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity. Finally, this paper addresses a number of methodological issues that typically arise when measuring inequality of opportunity with imperfect data, which is the typical case in developing countries.
format	Working Paper
author	Brunori, Paolo Palmisano, Flaviana Peragine, Vito
author_facet	Brunori, Paolo Palmisano, Flaviana Peragine, Vito
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title	Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26660755/inequality-opportunity-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24863
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Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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