Inequality and Opportunity: The Relationship Between Income Inequality and Intergenerational Transmission of Income

by Ernesto F Amaral, Haijing Huang, Francisco Perez-Arce, et al.

The authors review recent trends in inequality in outcomes and opportunity and present evidence on their correlation across countries and within countries across time, then present a framework to understand the mechanisms underlying the relationship between inequalities in income and opportunity and discuss the potential effects of policies on opportunity and how these can be quantitatively assessed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833094882
• ISBN13: 9780833094889
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"