This paper discusses a research agenda that arises from unanswered questions and
unresolved issues considered in the World Bank's World Development Report 2006: Equity …

Building on the existing literature, this paper constructs a simple scalar measure of
inequality of opportunity and applies it to six Latin American countries. The measure—which …

This paper proposes a measure of the contribution of unequal opportunities to earnings
inequality. Drawing on the distinction between “circumstance” and “effort” variables in John …

This paper investigates trends in educational inequality in China, focusing on the
contribution of 'inequality of opportunity'to these trends. Utilising the China Family Panel …

While there is a large and growing body of research describing and analyzing changes in
the Chinese income distribution, researchers have paid considerable less attention to …

Purpose: This paper examines for the first time inequality of opportunity for income in Africa,
by analyzing large-sample surveys, all providing information on individuals' parental …

This paper conceptualizes intergenerational occupational mobility between the farm and
non‐farm sectors in five A frican countries, measures it using nationally representative …

The present study estimates inequality of opportunity for Pakistan by using parametric and
non-parametric analysis. Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Surveys of two …

This article presents a theoretical framework that combines virtues and strengths of the
Capability Approach (CA) and Equality of Opportunity (EOp) approach for analyzing public …

This paper employs mobility matrices, univariate regressions and multivariate econometric
techniques based on the recently published Brazilian National Household Sampling Survey …