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Inequality of opportunity, income inequality and economic mobility : some international comparisons (English)

Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in various countries, methodological differences have so far prevented meaningful international comparisons. This paper presents a comparison of ex-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity (IEO) across 41 countries, and of the Human Opportunity Index (HOI) for 39 countries. It also examines international correlations between these indices and...
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Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira,Francisco H. G.; Peragine,Vito.

Inequality of opportunity, income inequality and economic mobility : some international comparisons (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6304 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/864781468331737091

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