Measuring inequality of opportunity with imperfect data: The case of Turkey

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-680

  Ferreira, Francisco H G ^a   Gignoux, Jérémie ^b   Aran, Meltem ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imputed consumption; Inequality of opportunity; Turkey; Wealth index

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255140249     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-011-9169-0     Document Type: Article

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