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Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational persistence in Latin AmericaHow strong is the transmission of socio-economic status across generations in Latin America?...
Inequality of opportunities Intergenerational Mobility Latin AmericaBook Chapter
Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth: The case of ChileFrom the book: The developer’s dilemma
Chile Deindustrialization Inclusive growthResearch Brief
Three key insights for research on social mobility in developing countriesThe volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants , brings together leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines working on a variety of issues related to social mobility...
Social mobility Inequality & Human Development Human capitalJournal Article
Decomposing learning inequalities in East Africa: How much does sorting matter?Inequalities in learning opportunities arise from both household- and school-related factors...
Africa Inequality of opportunities SortingBlog
Dual learning disadvantages in East Africa: And how to deal with them
Children from poorer families in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda face a double disadvantage in their opportunity to access learning: not only is the overall quality of education low in these countries, but they also attend relatively poorer-quality schoo...
Inequality of opportunities Sorting Variance decompositionWorking Paper
Structural transformations and the lack of inclusive growth: The case of ChileThis paper describes the structural transformations that Chile has experienced in the last 50 years and how they have contributed—or not—to inclusive growth and genuine economic modernization from a historical perspective...
Chile Deindustrialization Inclusive growthWorking Paper
Does sorting matter for learning inequality?: Evidence from East AfricaInequalities in children’s learning are widely recognized to arise from variations in both household- and school-related factors...
Africa Inequality of opportunities SortingWorking Paper
Inequality of opportunity in child health in Sudan: Across-region studyThis study aims to examine the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of age, using the Sudanese 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey...
Health Children Inequality of opportunitiesJournal Article
Inequality Between Whom?: Patterns, Trends, and Implications of Horizontal Inequality in the PhilippinesPart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal inequality in the Global South
Ethnic group Horizontal inequality Indigenous peoplesAbout
SA-TIED work stream 4: Turning the tide on inequalityUnder this work stream UNU-WIDER, the National Treasury (NT), and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) will work jointly to address distributional issues in both the bottom half and the top of the income distribution. While...
Income inequality Inequality of opportunities The bottom fifty per centWorking Paper
Inequality of opportunities among ethnic groups in the PhilippinesThis paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups in the Philippines by examining both the vertical and horizontal measures in terms of opportunities in accessing basic services such as education, e...
Ethnic group Horizontal inequality Indigenous peoples