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Measuring Progress Toward Basic Opportunities for All

Brazilian Review of Econometrics

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Title Measuring Progress Toward Basic Opportunities for All
 
Creator Barros, Ricardo Paes de; Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos da Presidência da República, SAE/PR
Vega, José R. Molinas; World Bank
Saavedra, Jaime; World Bank
 
Subject Opportunity Measure, Coverage Rate, Opportunity Inequality
I30, I38
 
Description Universal access to basic opportunities is undoubtedly a central objective of development. In this study, we propose an alternative scalar measure. In addition to being sensitive to the number of available opportunities, this new measure is also concerned with how these opportunities are allocated, and is therefore known as an equity sensitive coverage rate. The proposed measure is increasing in the overall coverage rate and decreasing in deviations from the ideal of equal opportunity. It is obtained by deducting a penalty equal to the deviation from the ideal of equal opportunity from the overall coverage rate. We show that this equity sensitive measure has several suitable properties. In particular, we demonstrate that it is consistent with both rst- and second-order  stochastic dominance. As a consequence, this measure is Pareto-consistent and sensitive to improvements in the allocation of the available opportunities. According to this index, any increase in thenumber of opportunities that also leads to an increase in the average coverage rate among the most vulnerable groups would always represent a progress towards opportunities for all. In addition, we propose an estimation procedure for the index and its variance.
 
Publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria
 
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Date 2010-12-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/bre/article/view/3687
10.12660/bre.v30n22010.3687
 
Source Brazilian Review of Econometrics; Vol 30, No 2 (2010): Special Volume in Honor of Ricardo Paes de Barros; 335-367
Brazilian Review of Econometrics; Vol 30, No 2 (2010): Special Volume in Honor of Ricardo Paes de Barros; 335-367
1980-2447
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/bre/article/view/3687/2300