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
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spelling	okr-10986-278372021-04-23T14:04:44Z Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables Ferreira, Francisco H. G. Gignoux, Jérémie Aran, Meltem 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 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. Both parametric and non-parametric estimation methods are used, and robustness to some sample redefinitions is verified. The author find that at least one-third (one-fourth) of overall wealth (imputed consumption) inequality in Turkey is associated with morally irrelevant, pre-determined circumstances. The circumstances that account for the largest share of the variance are rural or urban birth area and father's education. Controlling for rural birth, parents' education, language spoken at home, and number of siblings, a three-way regional breakdown of birthplace is not an important predictor of wealth. An opportunity deprivation profile reveals that more than two thirds of the most deprived group in Turkey consists of women born in the rural areas of the Eastern region, from mothers with no formal education. 2017-08-15T16:50:44Z 2017-08-15T16:50:44Z 2010-03 Working Paper 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Ankara Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Turkey
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Ferreira, Francisco H. G. Gignoux, Jérémie Aran, Meltem Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables
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description	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. Both parametric and non-parametric estimation methods are used, and robustness to some sample redefinitions is verified. The author find that at least one-third (one-fourth) of overall wealth (imputed consumption) inequality in Turkey is associated with morally irrelevant, pre-determined circumstances. The circumstances that account for the largest share of the variance are rural or urban birth area and father's education. Controlling for rural birth, parents' education, language spoken at home, and number of siblings, a three-way regional breakdown of birthplace is not an important predictor of wealth. An opportunity deprivation profile reveals that more than two thirds of the most deprived group in Turkey consists of women born in the rural areas of the Eastern region, from mothers with no formal education.
format	Working Paper
author	Ferreira, Francisco H. G. Gignoux, Jérémie Aran, Meltem
author_facet	Ferreira, Francisco H. G. Gignoux, Jérémie Aran, Meltem
author_sort	Ferreira, Francisco H. G.
title	Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables
title_short	Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables
title_full	Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables
title_fullStr	Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables
title_full_unstemmed	Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables
title_sort	inequality of economic opportunity in turkey : an assessment using asset indicators and women's background variables
publisher	World Bank, Ankara
publishDate	2017
url	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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Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Turkey : An Assessment Using Asset Indicators and Women's Background Variables

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