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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility : Some International Comparisons

dc.contributor.author Brunori, Paolo
dc.contributor.author Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.contributor.author Peragine, Vito
dc.date.accessioned 2013-01-29T17:34:09Z
dc.date.available 2013-01-29T17:34:09Z
dc.date.issued 2013-01
dc.description.abstract 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 output per capita, income inequality, and intergenerational mobility. The analysis finds evidence of a "Kuznets curve" for inequality of opportunity, and finds that the IEO index is positively correlated with overall income inequality, and negatively with measures of intergenerational mobility, both in incomes and in years of schooling. The HOI is highly correlated with the Human Development Index, and its internal measure of inequality of opportunity yields very different country rankings from the IEO measure. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17150436/inequality-opportunity-income-inequality-economic-mobility-some-international-comparisons
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12193
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6304
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subject CAUSE INEQUALITY
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subject CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
dc.subject DATA SETS
dc.subject DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
dc.subject DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject ECONOMETRICS
dc.subject ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject ECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subject ECONOMIC STUDIES
dc.subject ECONOMIC SURVEYS
dc.subject ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject ECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject ELASTICITY OF POVERTY
dc.subject EMPIRICAL APPROACHES
dc.subject EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject EQUAL ACCESS
dc.subject ETHNIC GROUP
dc.subject EX-ANTE INEQUALITY
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject EXOGENOUS FACTORS
dc.subject FUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject GINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subject GNP
dc.subject GNP PER CAPITA
dc.subject GROSS INCOME
dc.subject GROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subject HBS
dc.subject HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME COMPONENTS
dc.subject INCOME DIFFERENCES
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject INCOME ELASTICITY
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INCOME SOURCES
dc.subject INCOMES
dc.subject INCREASING RETURNS
dc.subject INDEX OF INEQUALITY
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
dc.subject INEQUALITIES IN INCOME
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INEQUALITY AVERSION
dc.subject INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
dc.subject INEQUALITY INDEX
dc.subject INEQUALITY LEVELS
dc.subject INEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subject INEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subject INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject INHERITANCE
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS ELASTICITY
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS MOBILITY
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL ELASTICITY
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL ELASTICITY OF EARNINGS
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subject INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject INVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR INCOME
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject LINEAR RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject MEAN INCOME
dc.subject MEAN LOG DEVIATION
dc.subject MEAN VALUE
dc.subject MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
dc.subject MEASUREMENT ERROR
dc.subject MEASURES OF INEQUALITY
dc.subject MEASURING INEQUALITY
dc.subject MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject NEGATIVE CORRELATION
dc.subject NORMATIVE ECONOMICS
dc.subject NUMERICAL VALUE
dc.subject OLIGARCHY
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY SET
dc.subject OPPORTUNITY SETS
dc.subject OUTPUT PER CAPITA
dc.subject OVERALL INEQUALITY
dc.subject PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subject PERMANENT INCOME
dc.subject POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLICY VARIABLES
dc.subject POLITICAL CHANNELS
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POLITICAL INEQUALITIES
dc.subject POLITICAL INFLUENCE
dc.subject POLITICAL POWER
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POPULATION SHARE
dc.subject POSITIVE CORRELATION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject PUBLIC ECONOMICS
dc.subject PUBLIC GOODS
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject SKILLED LABOR
dc.subject SOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subject TOTAL INEQUALITY
dc.subject UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject VALUATION
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WEALTH
dc.subject WELFARE ECONOMICS
dc.subject WELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subject WELL-BEING
dc.subject WELLBEING
dc.title Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility : Some International Comparisons en
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okr.date.disclosure 2013-01-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17150436/inequality-opportunity-income-inequality-economic-mobility-some-international-comparisons
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-6304
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20130107095623
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 17150436
okr.identifier.report WPS6304
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okr.sector Health and other social services :: Other social services
okr.theme Social dev/gender/inclusion :: Participation and civic engagement
okr.theme Social protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Equity and Development
okr.topic Services and Transfers to Poor
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Inequality
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
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