The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity has attracted a lot of attention in recent years, despite of the fact that … occupation. Secondly, we compare the results of our approach to estimate Inequality of Opportunity (which includes a measure of … background. Finally, we apply it to estimate Inequality of Opportunity for the full length of the EU-SILC database, which covers …

documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal … contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed …, extending their economic results to include different measures of inequality as outcomes. …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … experiencing higher income inequality in childhood is associated with lower intergenerational mobility measured in adulthood …. Following the same methodology, the influence of economic growth and public education is evaluated: both are positively …

How do changes in socio-economic inequality between ethnic groups affect interethnic ties in a divided society? I … principal findings. First, as inequality between ethnic groups increases, the prospects of interethnic marriages decline. Status … inequality in multiethnic societies may facilitate ethnic integration. Second, the effect of ethnic inequality is not uniform …

Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This … is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic inequality. Municipality-level economic inequality in Colombia is … is found that inequality increases both property crime and violent crime. The estimates are robust to including …

The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among … observed and are associated with income inequality, poverty, economic growth, public educational expenditures and assortative …

Assets Survey for Great Britain. We estimate an intergenerational wealth elasticity of 0.4 and rank-rank elasticity of 0 …

-being, such as the socio-economic situation of individuals, job stability, homeownership and assets. Unlike estimates based on …