Equality of Opportunity : Theory and Evidence

Building on earlier work by political philosophers, economists have recently sought to define a concept of equity that accommodates the fairness of reward to individual responsibility and effort, while allowing for the existence of some inequalities which are unfair and should be compensated. This p...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Peragine, Vito
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21656