Decomposing equality of opportunity by income sources

An opportunity egalitarian view focus not only on equality of outcomes but essentially on the means or opportunities to realize such outcomes. In this paper we propose a methodology to decompose an opportunity egalitarian Atkinson index by income sources seeking for a measure of overall equality into an opportunity and a responsibility component.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Pignataro, Giuseppe
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 29.2009, 2, p. 702-711
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	equality of opportunity \| measurement \| equivalent income \| income sources \| factor components

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; I3 - Welfare and Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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