On the design of equal-opportunity policies

Investigaciones Economicas

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-374

  Moreno Ternero, Juan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compensation; Equality of opportunity; Inequality indices; Relative deprivation; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548590089     PISSN: 02101521     EISSN: 15754367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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