Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables

Using information on asset ownership, housing quality, and access to services to construct an indicator of household wealth, the author estimates the share of inequality among prime-age Turkish women that can be attributed to unequal opportunities....

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Main Authors:	Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Gignoux, Jérémie, Aran, Meltem
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Ankara 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL LAND ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ASSESSMENT OF INEQUALITY ASSETS BENCHMARK BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY CONSUMPTION LEVELS CUMULATIVE POPULATION DECOMPOSITION OF INEQUALITY DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISCRIMINATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF OPPORTUNITIES DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF WEALTH DOWNWARD BIAS DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ETHNIC MINORITIES FUNCTIONAL FORM FUTURE RESEARCH GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP MEANS GROWTH PROCESS HETEROSKEDASTICITY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDEXES OF INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY LABOR MARKET LEVELS OF INEQUALITY LINEAR REGRESSION LINEAR RELATIONSHIP LIVING STANDARDS MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASURES OF INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY NEGATIVE EFFECT OPPORTUNITY SET OPPORTUNITY SETS OVERALL INEQUALITY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA DISTRIBUTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POPULATION SHARE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PUBLIC ECONOMICS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE POSITION RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICY TARGETING TOTAL INEQUALITY UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES WAGES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/472651468318532708/Inequality-of-economic-opportunity-in-Turkey-an-assessment-using-asset-indicators-and-womens-background-variables http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27837

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/472651468318532708/Inequality-of-economic-opportunity-in-Turkey-an-assessment-using-asset-indicators-and-womens-background-variables
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27837

Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables

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