Generalized Gini Indices of Equality of Opportunity

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dc.contributor.authorWeymark, John A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-13T19:45:42Z
dc.date.available2020-09-13T19:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThis article considers the ranking of profiles of opportunity sets on the basis of their equality. A version of the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle that is appropriate for the measurement of opportunity inequality is introduced and used to axiomatize the class of generalized Gini equality of opportunity orderings. A characterization of the class of generalized Gini social preference orderings for opportunity profiles is also provided.
dc.description.departmentEconomics
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/15674
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherVanderbilt Universityen
dc.subjectEquity
dc.subjectequality of opportunity
dc.subjectGini
dc.subjectinequality measurement
dc.subjectopportunity sets
dc.subjectJEL Classification Number: D63
dc.subject.other
dc.titleGeneralized Gini Indices of Equality of Opportunity
dc.typeWorking Paperen

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