Equality of opportunity with categorical data

This paper refers to some social evaluation problems when equity matters. We propose here a way of assessing the equality of opportunity that is applicable to categorical data. It consists of dividing society into groups with similar characteristics and to measure the dispersion of outcomes within t...

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Main Authors: Carmen Herrero, Antonio Villar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2014-07-01
Series:Lecturas de Economía
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Online Access:http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/19931/16849