Arbeitspapier

Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons

In this paper we propose different criteria to rank income distributions according to equality of opportunity. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize them axiomatically and we compare them with existing criteria; then we propose some scalar measures. We show that our ex post criteria are mostly obtained from "seemingly" ex ante properties. In the second part of the paper we apply our new criteria to measuring inequality of opportunity in Germany. We illustrate our ex-post inequality of opportunity approach based on classes by means of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the first decade of the 2000s.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9407

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
Thema
equality of opportunity
ex post/ex ante
compensation
reward
SOEP
Germany

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Fleurbaey, Marc
Peragine, Vito
Ramos, Xavi
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Fleurbaey, Marc
  • Peragine, Vito
  • Ramos, Xavi
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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