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inequality of opportunity: a standalone construct

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Development economics

the share of outcome inequality due to circumstances beyond a person's control, such as parental education, ethnicity or birthplace, rather than effort.

In development economics, inequality of opportunity refers to the share of outcome inequality due to circumstances beyond a person's control, such as parental education, ethnicity or birthplace, rather than effort. This meaning comes from Ferreira (2011) in Review of Income and Wealth.[1]

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  1. Ferreira, F. H. G., & Gignoux, J. (2011). The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an Application to Latin America. Review of Income and Wealth, 57(4), 622-657. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2011.00467.x

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