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Inequality of Life Chances and the Measurement of Social Immobility

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The topic of intergenerational mobility measurement has been increasingly popular among economists in recent years. For interesting surveys, see, for example, Solon (1999) and Corak (2004). In a recent article, Van de gaer et al. (2001) have made a distinction between three meanings of intergenerational mobility, stressing respectively the idea of movement, the inequality of opportunity, and the inequality of life chances.

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  1. Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Jacques Silber

  2. Paris School of Economics, 48 Bd. Jourdan, 75014, Paris, France

    Amedeo Spadaro

  3. Universitat de les Illes Balears, ctra Valldemossa Km 7,5, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Amedeo Spadaro

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Silber, J., Spadaro, A. (2011). Inequality of Life Chances and the Measurement of Social Immobility. In: Fleurbaey, M., Salles, M., Weymark, J. (eds) Social Ethics and Normative Economics. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17807-8_5

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