The paper associates inequality of opportunities with outcome differences that can be accounted b... more The paper associates inequality of opportunities with outcome differences that can be accounted by pre-determined circumstances which lie beyond the control of an individual, such as parental education, parental occupation, caste, religion and place of birth. The non-parametric estimates using parental education as a measure of circumstances reveal that the opportunity share of earnings inequality in 2004-05 ranges from 11% to 19% in urban India and 5% to 8% in rural India. The same figures for consumption expenditure inequality are 10% to 19% in urban India and 5% to 9% in rural India. The overall opportunity share estimates (parametric) of earnings inequality due to circumstances, including caste, religion, region, parental education and parental occupation, vary from 18% to 26% in urban India. The corresponding figures for rural India are 16% and 21% respectively. The overall opportunity share estimates for consumption expenditure inequality are close to the earnings inequality f...
The paper associates inequality of opportunities with outcome differences that can be accounted b... more The paper associates inequality of opportunities with outcome differences that can be accounted by pre-determined circumstances which lie beyond the control of an individual, such as parental education, parental occupation, caste, religion and place of birth. The non-parametric estimates using parental education as a measure of circumstances reveal that the opportunity share of earnings inequality in 2004-05 ranges from 11% to 19% in urban India and 5% to 8% in rural India. The same figures for consumption expenditure inequality are 10% to 19% in urban India and 5% to 9% in rural India. The overall opportunity share estimates (parametric) of earnings inequality due to circumstances, including caste, religion, region, parental education and parental occupation, vary from 18% to 26% in urban India. The corresponding figures for rural India are 16% and 21% respectively. The overall opportunity share estimates for consumption expenditure inequality are close to the earnings inequality f...
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