inequality of opportunity; educational policy; distribution regression; bias correction; EU-SILC
Abstract :
[en] This paper provides a set of new estimates of inequality of opportunity (IOp)
in Europe, using the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Condition (EU-SILC). Unlike previous research, we estimate inequality of opportunity
within birth cohorts, which we argue is the most appropriate population level
for inequality of opportunity analysis. Most IOp measures require estimation
of the conditional distribution of the outcome of interest given circumstances.
With multiple circumstances and the sample sizes available in EU-SILC, we use
distribution regression methods combined with local kernel weighting and show
how these can be used to estimate a large set of IOp measures. Endowed with
cohort-level estimates of IOp, we finally examine the relationship between educational policy variables measured at the time of parental education and offspring generation inequality of opportunity in adulthood. We find a negative
relationship between the duration of compulsory education of the parents and
IOp among offspring, but the relationship is not very strong.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences Social economics
Author, co-author :
Andreoli, Francesco
Fusco, Alessio
Kyzyma, Iryna
van Kerm, Philippe ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
New Estimates of Inequality of Opportunity Across European Cohorts (and Some Insights on the Long-term Impact of Educational Policy)
