Measuring long-term inequality of opportunity

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 193-204

  Aaberge, Rolf ^a   Mogstad, Magne ^a,b   Peragine, Vito ^c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equality of opportunity; Ex ante; Ex post; Inequality; Long term; Permanent income; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952040940     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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