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O'Neill, Donal (2008) The implications of growth regressions for equality of opportunity. Oxford Economic Papers. ISSN 0030-7653
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Abstract
In this paper we consider the usefulness of alternative measures of convergence in an
equality of opportunity framework. In particular we use established results from the
public finance and mobility literature to show that a form of B-convergence is both a
necessary and sufficient condition for a reduction in inequality of opportunity for a
wide range of popular inequality measures. We illustrate our approach using regional
data from the United States, Japan, and Europe.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | growth regressions; equality of opportunity; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting |
| Item ID: | 2491 |
| Depositing User: | Donal O'Neill |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2011 09:24 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Oxford Economic Papers |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/2491 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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