title: Inequality of opportunities: Interpretation, methods and problems of estimation
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Ibragimova, Zulfiya F.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Frants, Marina V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-03-03T13:23:06Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-03-03T13:23:06Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Ibragimova Z. F., Frants M. V. (2020) Inequality of opportunities: Interpretation, methods and problems of estimation. St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 36, iss. 4, pp. 624–652.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu05.2020.404
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/25080
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The topic of this research is the theory of equal opportunities and its application to the
  relationship between inequality and economic development. The relevance of the work is
  due, first, to the fact that inequality grows throughout the world, creating conditions for the
  growth of social tension;, second, to the lack of general consensus on the direction of the
  relationship between inequality and economic growth; and third, to contradictory results
  of empirical studies on this issue. The main hypothesis of the study is that these theoretical
  and empirical contradictions can be resolved by dividing inequality into two components —
  inequality of opportunity and inequality of effort — and studying their impact on economic
  growth separately. The idea of distinguishing between inequality of opportunity and inequality
  of effort is a core part of the theory of equal opportunities. The paper briefly reviews the
  roots, development, and current state of the theory. Methods for measuring inequality of
  opportunities have been developed and tested on microdata from many countries, including
  Russia. Also, at the theoretical level, mechanisms of the negative impact of inequality of
  opportunities and the positive impact of inequality of efforts on economic growth have been
  identified. At the same time, there are very few empirical studies dealing with the relationship
  between inequality of opportunity, inequality of effort, and economic growth. In practical
  terms, studies of the inequality of opportunity are important because they shift the goals and
  priorities of public policy from equalizing outcomes to equalizing opportunities. This makes
  it possible to move towards a more just and rapidly developing society.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was performed under financial support of RFBR, Russian Foundation for Basic Research
  (project no. 19-410-020017 p_a).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: St Petersburg University Journal of Economic Studies;Volume 36; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: inequality
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: inequality of opportunities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: inequality of achievements
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: factors-efforts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: factors-circumstances
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: economic growth
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the theory of equal opportunities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Inequality of opportunities: Interpretation, methods and problems of estimation
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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