Inequality of Opportunity : Theory and Measurement.

By: Rodriguez, Juan GabrielContributor(s): Bishop, John AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Research on Economic Inequality SerPublisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781780520353Subject(s): Economics | Equality | Income distributionGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Inequality of Opportunity : Theory and MeasurementDDC classification: 339.46 LOC classification: HC79.P6Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER 1 COMPENSATION, REWARD, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF UNFAIR INEQUALITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- MODEL -- FAIRNESS CONDITIONS AND IOP MEASURES -- COMPENSATION AND REWARD VIOLATIONS -- A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE -- CONCLUDING REMARK -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENNDIX: PROOFS -- CHAPTER 2 THE IMPLICATION OF PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- TWO APPROACHES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: PROOFS -- CHAPTER 3 MOBILITY AND LONG-TERM EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FRAMEWORK -- NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES WITH ORDINAL VARIABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE METHODOLOGY -- APPLYING THE APPROACH OF REARDON (2009) TO THE STUDY OF INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES -- NEW INDICES FOR MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES IN THE CASE OF AN ORDINAL VARIABLE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: FULFILMENT OF EXCHANGES PROPERTIES BY THE INDICES BASED ON ABSOLUTE DISTANCES -- APPENDIX B: DERIVATION OF THE MAXIMA FOR THE NEW INDICES -- CHAPTER 5 EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND REDISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- EMPIRICAL STRATEGY -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 MEASURING CIRCUMSTANCES: FRANCS OR RANKS, DOES IT MATTER? -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA DESCRIPTION -- DISCRETE APPROACH -- CONTINUOUS APPROACH -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 CHANGES OVER TIME IN PARENTAL EDUCATION AND INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN CHILE -- INTRODUCTION.
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY MEASUREMENT -- DATABASE -- EMPIRICAL EXERCISE -- EXTENSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A MICROECONOMETRIC APPROACH AND APPLICATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL LITERATURE -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- THE DATA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CAVEATS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: THREE-LEVEL VARIANCE COMPONENTS MODEL WITH COVARIATES AT LEVELS 2 AND 3 -- CHAPTER 9 INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: TRENDS AND DECOMPOSITION -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS FOR ESTIMATING IO -- THE DATABASE AND THE SAMPLE DESIGN -- INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: PARAMETRIC VS. NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATES -- THE DECOMPOSITION OF INCOME INEQUALITY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.
Summary: Eight papers, both theoretical and applied, on the concept of equality of opportunity which says that a society should guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them responsible for turning that access into actual advantage by the application of effort.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

FRONT COVER -- INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER 1 COMPENSATION, REWARD, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF UNFAIR INEQUALITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- MODEL -- FAIRNESS CONDITIONS AND IOP MEASURES -- COMPENSATION AND REWARD VIOLATIONS -- A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE -- CONCLUDING REMARK -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENNDIX: PROOFS -- CHAPTER 2 THE IMPLICATION OF PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- TWO APPROACHES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: PROOFS -- CHAPTER 3 MOBILITY AND LONG-TERM EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FRAMEWORK -- NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES WITH ORDINAL VARIABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE METHODOLOGY -- APPLYING THE APPROACH OF REARDON (2009) TO THE STUDY OF INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES -- NEW INDICES FOR MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES IN THE CASE OF AN ORDINAL VARIABLE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: FULFILMENT OF EXCHANGES PROPERTIES BY THE INDICES BASED ON ABSOLUTE DISTANCES -- APPENDIX B: DERIVATION OF THE MAXIMA FOR THE NEW INDICES -- CHAPTER 5 EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND REDISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- EMPIRICAL STRATEGY -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 MEASURING CIRCUMSTANCES: FRANCS OR RANKS, DOES IT MATTER? -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA DESCRIPTION -- DISCRETE APPROACH -- CONTINUOUS APPROACH -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 CHANGES OVER TIME IN PARENTAL EDUCATION AND INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN CHILE -- INTRODUCTION.

INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY MEASUREMENT -- DATABASE -- EMPIRICAL EXERCISE -- EXTENSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A MICROECONOMETRIC APPROACH AND APPLICATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL LITERATURE -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- THE DATA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CAVEATS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: THREE-LEVEL VARIANCE COMPONENTS MODEL WITH COVARIATES AT LEVELS 2 AND 3 -- CHAPTER 9 INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: TRENDS AND DECOMPOSITION -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS FOR ESTIMATING IO -- THE DATABASE AND THE SAMPLE DESIGN -- INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: PARAMETRIC VS. NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATES -- THE DECOMPOSITION OF INCOME INEQUALITY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

Eight papers, both theoretical and applied, on the concept of equality of opportunity which says that a society should guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them responsible for turning that access into actual advantage by the application of effort.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha