The measurement of inequality of opportunity: Theory and an application to Latin America

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-657

  Ferreira, Francisco H G ^a   Gignoux, Jérémie ^b  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Inequality of opportunity; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255126711     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2011.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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