Regional Disparities and Inequality of Opportunity: The Case of Italy
Regional Disparities and Inequality of Opportunity: The Case of Italy
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地区差异和机会不平等：意大利的案例
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.869006
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
Vito Peragine
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作者：
D. Checchi;Vito Peragine
在本文中，我们提供了一种新的方法来衡量机会不平等，并将总体不平等分解为“道德上的冒犯”和“道德上可接受的”部分。此外，我们提供了这些新评估工具的一些实证应用：在第一个练习中，我们根据机会不平等的衡量标准比较了意大利南部和北部的收入分配。然后，我们使用 15 岁学生样本的认知能力重复该练习。在这两种情况下，我们发现南方欠发达地区的特点是机会不平等的发生率更高。
In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to decompose overall inequality in an "ethically offensive" and an "ethically acceptable" part. Moreover, we provide some empirical applications of these new evaluation tools: in the first exercise, we compare the income distributions of South and North of Italy on the basis of a measure of opportunity inequality. Then, we repeat the exercise using the cognitive abilities in a sample of 15-year old students. In both circumstances we find that the less developed regions in the South are characterized by greater incidence of inequality of opportunity.