Equality of opportunity is about leveling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person's life chances. Success in life should depend on people's choices, effort and talents, not to their circumstances at birth. 'Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean' introduces new methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin America over a decade. An innovative Human Opportunity Index and other parametric and non-parametric techniques are presented for quantifying inequality based on circumstances exogenous to individual efforts. These methods are applied to gauge inequality of opportunities in access to basic services for children, learning achievement for youth, and income and consumption for adults.

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Yes, you can access Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean by Palgrave Macmillan UK,Ricardo Paes de Barros,Francisco H. G. Ferreira,Jose R Molinas Vega,Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Economics & Development Economics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

World Bank Publications

Year

2008

eBook ISBN

9780821377468

Edition

Topic

Economics

Subtopic

Development Economics

Index

Economics

Cover
Title Page
Contents
Latin American Development Forum Series
Other Titles in the Latin American Development Forum Series
About the Authors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Overview
CHAPTER 1 Inequality of Opportunity: What It Is, How It Can Be Measured, and Why It Matters
CHAPTER 2 A Human Opportunity Index for Children
CHAPTER 3 Uses and Policy Applications of the Human Opportunity Index
CHAPTER 4 Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Seven Latin American Countries
CHAPTER 5 Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievement in Five Latin American Countries
Appendix
Back Cover

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