Inequality of opportunity in the land of opportunities, 1968-2001

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-433

  Pistolesi, Nicolas ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Equality of opportunity; Income distribution; Inequality; Semi parametric estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450245632     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-008-9099-7     Document Type: Article

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