Long-Term Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity (English)

The main goal of this paper is to document and analyze the long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity and thus extend the recent empirical literature, which is mainly concerned with its measurement at a specific point in time. Using repeated cross-section surveys for five European countries (France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland), the evolution of inequality of opportunity is measured for a period of about two decades for the...

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Bussolo,Maurizio;

Checchi,Daniele;

Peragine,Vito;
Document Date
2019/01/15
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8700
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2019/01/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Long-Term Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity
Keywords
return to education

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Bussolo,Maurizio; Checchi,Daniele; Peragine,Vito.

Long-Term Evolution of Inequality of Opportunity (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8700 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/966611547560055477

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