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Measuring of Inequality of Opportunity: Parametric Approach

In: Ekonomický časopis/Journal of Economics, vol. 68, no. 5
Iveta Pauhofová - Liliya Bukharbaeva - Zulfiya Ibragimova - Marina Frants

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Year, pages: 2020, 455 - 476
Language: eng
Keywords:
inequality of opportunity, inequality of individual achievements, effort-factors, circumstance-factors; JEL Classification: D63, D31, E24
Article type: Vedecký článok
Document type: PDF
About article:
This paper measures the contribution of opportunity inequality to inequality of income and earnings in the Russian Federation, using a parametric approach. The paper uses the data from the 20-th round of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – Higher School of Economics, which is a series of annual nation-wide representative surveys. The calculations were made for each of the three age cohorts in order to assess the contribution of opportunity inequality to inequality of income and earnings and their changes over time. According to the results obtained by our research team, the contribution of opportunity inequality to income inequality in Russia is 11.51%, and it quite significantly varies across different age cohorts. The contribution of opportunity inequality to inequality of earnings is somewhat greater – 16.32%, but is almost the same for all age cohorts. The results also reveal that throughout all age cohorts, the influence of inequality of opportunity upon inequality of income and earnings is mostly due to the direct impact of circumstance-factors upon an individual’s income and earnings, and not due to their influence upon an individual’s education level.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Pauhofová, I., Bukharbaeva, L., Ibragimova, Z., Frants, M. 2020. Measuring of Inequality of Opportunity: Parametric Approach. In Ekonomický časopis/Journal of Economics, vol. 68, no.5, pp. 455-476. 0013-3035.

APA:
Pauhofová, I., Bukharbaeva, L., Ibragimova, Z., Frants, M. (2020). Measuring of Inequality of Opportunity: Parametric Approach. Ekonomický časopis/Journal of Economics, 68(5), 455-476. 0013-3035.
About edition:
Publisher: Ekonomický ústav SAV
Published: 3. 6. 2020