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Measuring inequality of opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Barros, Ricardo Paes de, Ferreira, Francisco H. G, Carvalho, Mirela de, Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime, Vega, José R. Molinas

2009,2008,2011

Overview

Equality of opportunity is about leveling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person's life chances. Success in life should depend on people's choices, effort and talents, not to their circumstances at birth. 'Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean' introduces new methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin America over a decade. An innovative Human Opportunity Index and other parametric and non-parametric techniques are presented for quantifying inequality based on circumstances exogenous to individual efforts. These methods are applied to gauge inequality of opportunities in access to basic services for children, learning achievement for youth, and income and consumption for adults.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan u.a,World Bank,Palgrave Macmillan,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,New York: Palgrave Macmillan,Washington, DC: World Bank,Palgrave Macmillan [u.a.]
• Subject: 1945 / 1982 / ABSTINENCE / Academic achievement / ACCESS TO EDUCATION / ACCESS TO FINANCE / ADOLESCENTS / AGRICULTURAL WORKERS / ANTIDISCRIMINATION / ASSESSMENT OF INEQUALITY / AVERAGE CHANGE / AVERAGE GROWTH / BASIC EDUCATION / BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE / Basic needs / Bildungschance / Bildungschancen / BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / CALORIC INTAKE / CAPITAL MARKETS / Caribbean / Caribbean Area / Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 1945 / Caribbean Area -- Social conditions -- 1945 / CHANGES IN INEQUALITY / child welfare / Children / Children -- Government policy -- Caribbean Area / Children -- Government policy -- Latin America / CITIZENS / CLEAN WATER / COMPUTER ACCESS / CONFLICT / CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY / DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT BANK / DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES / Disadvantaged children / DISADVANTAGED GROUP / DISCRIMINATION / DISSEMINATION / DISTRIBUTION OF OUTCOMES / DISTRIBUTIONS OF INCOME / EARNINGS / EARNINGS INEQUALITY / Economic conditions / ECONOMIC INEQUALITY / ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY / ECONOMIC STUDIES / ECONOMIC SUCCESS / ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS / EDUCATED MOTHERS / EDUCATION LEVELS / EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT / EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES / EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY / EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS / ENROLLMENT / EQUAL ACCESS / EQUAL DISTRIBUTION / equal opportunities / EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / Equality / Equality -- Caribbean Area / Equality -- Latin America / EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES / EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY / EQUITABLE ACCESS / ETHNIC MINORITIES / ETHNIC MINORITY / EXPLAINING INEQUALITY / FAMILY RESOURCES / FARMER / FISCAL POLICY / FORMAL EDUCATION / GDP / GENDER / GINI COEFFICIENT / GLOBAL CONSENSUS / GOVERNMENT POLICIES / GOVERNMENT POLICY / HEALTH OUTCOMES / HIGH INCOME INEQUALITY / HOME / HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION / HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / HOUSEHOLDS / HOUSES / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX / Human Opportunity Index / IMMUNIZATION / INCOME DIFFERENCES / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCOME GROUPS / INCOME INEQUALITY / INCOME REDISTRIBUTION / INCOMES / Index / INDIGENOUS PEOPLE / INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM / INEQUALITIES / INEQUALITY / INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION / INEQUALITY OF INCOME / INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES / INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY / INEQUALITY OF TREATMENT / INEQUALITY REDUCTION / INEQUALITY TRAP / INEQUALITY TRAPS / INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION / INEQUITIES / INEQUITY / INFANT / INFANT MORTALITY / INFANT MORTALITY RATE / INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY / INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERVENTIONS / INVESTMENT CLIMATE / JOB CREATION / JUDGE / JUSTICE / Karibik / Karibischer Raum / Kind / Kinder / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKETS / LADF / LAND OWNERSHIP / LANGUAGE BARRIERS / Lateinamerika / Latin America / Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982 / Latin America -- Social conditions -- 1982 / Latin American Development Forum / LAWS / LEGAL STATUS / LEVEL OF EDUCATION / LEVELS OF INEQUALITY / LIBERTY / LIFE EXPECTANCY / LITERACY / LIVE BIRTHS / LOW INCOME / MACROECONOMICS / MEAN CONSUMPTION / MEAN LOG DEVIATION / MEASURE OF INEQUALITY / MEASURING INEQUALITY / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MOTHER / NATIONAL COUNCIL / NATIONAL LEVEL / NATURAL RESOURCES / NUTRITION / OUTCOME DATA / OVERALL INEQUALITY / PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION / POLICY DESIGN / POLICY MAKERS / POLICY MAKING / POLITICAL ECONOMY / POLITICAL RIGHT / POLITICAL SCIENTISTS / POOR / POOR CHILDREN / Population Statistic / POSITIVE CORRELATION / POSITIVE VALUE / POVERTY ANALYSIS / POVERTY REDUCTION / PREGNANCY / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY / PRIVACY / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATIZATION / PROGRAMS / PROGRESS / PROPERTY RIGHTS / Public Administration / PUBLIC POLICIES / PUBLIC POLICY / PUBLIC SERVICES / PURCHASING POWER / PURCHASING POWER PARITY / RACE / REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES / REDUCING INEQUALITY / REDUCING POVERTY / RELATIVE IMPORTANCE / RELATIVE INCOME / REMITTANCES / RESIDUAL COMPONENT / RESIDUAL INEQUALITY / RIGHT / Rights of the child / RUNNING WATER / RURAL / RURAL AREAS / RURAL DEVELOPMENT / RURAL DIVIDE / SAFE WATER / SANITATION / SCHOOL ATTENDANCE / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SECONDARY SCHOOLING / SERVICE DELIVERY / SERVICES FOR CHILDREN / SEX / SIMULATIONS / SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD / SOCIAL CAPITAL / SOCIAL CONDITIONS / SOCIAL CONFLICT / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL EQUALITY / Social inequality / SOCIAL POLICIES / SOCIAL POLICY / Social Policy and Protection / SOCIAL RESEARCH / SOCIAL SECURITY / SOCIAL SERVICE / SOCIAL WELFARE / SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND / SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS / SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS / Soziale Gerechtigkeit / TERTIARY EDUCATION / TOTAL INEQUALITY / UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / UNEQUAL OUTCOMES / UNION / UNIVERSAL ACCESS / URBAN AREAS / Verteilungsgerechtigkeit / VILLAGE / VULNERABILITY / WIDOW / WILL / YOUNG PEOPLE
• ISBN: 9780821377451, 0821377477, 0821377450, 0821377469, 9780821377468, 9780821377475