The authors depart from John
Roemer's theory of equality of opportunities. They seek
to determine what part of observed outcome inequality may be
attributed to differences in observed
"circumstances," including family background, and
what part is due to "personal efforts." The
authors use a microeconometric technique to simulate what
the distribution of outcomes would look like if
circumstances were the same for everybody. They apply this
technique to Brazilian data from the 1996 household survey,
both for earnings and for household incomes. The authors
show that observed circumstances are a major source of
outcome inequality in Brazil, probably more so than in other
countries for which information is available. Nevertheless,
the level of inequality after observed circumstances are
equalized remains very high in Brazil.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Bourguignon, François,
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.,
Menéndez, Marta |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2003-12
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| Subjects: | ACHIEVEMENT,
ACHIEVEMENTS,
BENCHMARK,
CALL,
DATA SET,
DATA SETS,
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS,
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT,
EARNINGS INEQUALITY,
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY,
EDUCATION LEVEL,
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES,
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES,
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY,
EMPIRICAL MODEL,
EMPIRICAL WORK,
EMPLOYMENT,
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION,
EQUATIONS,
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES,
FUNCTIONAL FORM,
GINI COEFFICIENT,
GIRLS,
HIGH INEQUALITY,
HOMEWORK,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
INCOME,
INCOME DATA,
INCOME INEQUALITY,
INDIVIDUAL LEARNING,
INEQUALITY MEASURES,
INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY,
LABOR MARKET,
LET,
MEASUREMENT ERROR,
MIGRATION,
MOBILITY,
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT,
NEGATIVE EFFECT,
OPPORTUNITY SETS,
PAPERS,
PARENTS,
PER CAPITA INCOMES,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POSITIVE EFFECT,
PRODUCTION FUNCTION,
PROGRAMS,
QUALITY OF EDUCATION,
REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES,
REDUCING INEQUALITY,
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES,
REGIONAL DUMMIES,
REGRESSION RESULTS,
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE,
RESIDUAL TERM,
SAM,
SCHOOLING,
SELECTION BIAS,
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT,
SOCIAL MOBILITY,
TEST SCORES,
WAGES,
WEALTH,
WELFARE LEVELS,
WORKERS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION; FAMILY BACKGROUND; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; INCOME INEQUALITY; EQUALITY; EQUAL ACCESS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/12/2859439/inequality-outcomes-inequality-opportunities-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17681
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