FRONT COVER -- INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: THEORY AND MEASUREMENT -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER 1 COMPENSATION, REWARD, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF UNFAIR INEQUALITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- MODEL -- FAIRNESS CONDITIONS AND IOP MEASURES -- COMPENSATION AND REWARD VIOLATIONS -- A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE -- CONCLUDING REMARK -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENNDIX: PROOFS -- CHAPTER 2 THE IMPLICATION OF PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- TWO APPROACHES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF IOP -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: PROOFS -- CHAPTER 3 MOBILITY AND LONG-TERM EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FRAMEWORK -- NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES WITH ORDINAL VARIABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE METHODOLOGY -- APPLYING THE APPROACH OF REARDON (2009) TO THE STUDY OF INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES -- NEW INDICES FOR MEASURING INEQUALITY IN LIFE CHANCES IN THE CASE OF AN ORDINAL VARIABLE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: FULFILMENT OF EXCHANGES PROPERTIES BY THE INDICES BASED ON ABSOLUTE DISTANCES -- APPENDIX B: DERIVATION OF THE MAXIMA FOR THE NEW INDICES -- CHAPTER 5 EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND REDISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- EMPIRICAL STRATEGY -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 MEASURING CIRCUMSTANCES: FRANCS OR RANKS, DOES IT MATTER? -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA DESCRIPTION -- DISCRETE APPROACH -- CONTINUOUS APPROACH -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 CHANGES OVER TIME IN PARENTAL EDUCATION AND INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN CHILE -- INTRODUCTION.

INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY MEASUREMENT -- DATABASE -- EMPIRICAL EXERCISE -- EXTENSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY: A MICROECONOMETRIC APPROACH AND APPLICATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL LITERATURE -- ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- THE DATA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CAVEATS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: THREE-LEVEL VARIANCE COMPONENTS MODEL WITH COVARIATES AT LEVELS 2 AND 3 -- CHAPTER 9 INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: TRENDS AND DECOMPOSITION -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS FOR ESTIMATING IO -- THE DATABASE AND THE SAMPLE DESIGN -- INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES: PARAMETRIC VS. NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATES -- THE DECOMPOSITION OF INCOME INEQUALITY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.