Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the last decades, inequality of opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on the assumption that, in addition to being normatively undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth. This paper evaluates inequality of opportunity and the different sources of unequal opportunities in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The results indicate that the portion of total inequality that can be attributed to exogenous circumstances -- that is, circumstances outside the control of individuals control -- is between 30 percent and 40 percent in the countries considered. The results also indicate a positive association between total consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity. Finally, this paper addresses a number of methodological issues that typically arise when measuring inequality of opportunity with imperfect data, which is the typical case in developing countries.
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dig-okr-10986248632024-08-07T19:52:32Z Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa Brunori, Paolo Palmisano, Flaviana Peragine, Vito consumption inequality equality of opportunity inequality In the last decades, inequality of opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on the assumption that, in addition to being normatively undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth. This paper evaluates inequality of opportunity and the different sources of unequal opportunities in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The results indicate that the portion of total inequality that can be attributed to exogenous circumstances -- that is, circumstances outside the control of individuals control -- is between 30 percent and 40 percent in the countries considered. The results also indicate a positive association between total consumption inequality and inequality of opportunity. Finally, this paper addresses a number of methodological issues that typically arise when measuring inequality of opportunity with imperfect data, which is the typical case in developing countries. 2016-08-10T15:06:50Z 2016-08-10T15:06:50Z 2016-08 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26660755/inequality-opportunity-sub-saharan-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24863 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7782 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf World Bank, Washington, DC |
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In the last decades, inequality of
opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on
the assumption that, in addition to being normatively
undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth.
This paper evaluates inequality of opportunity and the
different sources of unequal opportunities in 11 Sub-Saharan
Africa countries. The results indicate that the portion of
total inequality that can be attributed to exogenous
circumstances -- that is, circumstances outside the control
of individuals control -- is between 30 percent and 40
percent in the countries considered. The results also
indicate a positive association between total consumption
inequality and inequality of opportunity. Finally, this
paper addresses a number of methodological issues that
typically arise when measuring inequality of opportunity
with imperfect data, which is the typical case in developing countries. |
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Inequality of Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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