|
Multidimensional Equality of Opportunity in the United States| title | Multidimensional Equality of Opportunity in the United States |
|---|
| start_date | 2023/06/01 |
|---|
| schedule | 11h-12h |
|---|
| online | no |
|---|
| location_info | R2-21 |
|---|
| summary | Are the United States still a land of opportunity? We provide new insights on this question by invoking a novel approach that allows us to measure unfair inequality in the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity has increased by 56% over the time period 1983-2016. Increases are driven by two distinct forces: (i) a less opportunity-egalitarian distribution of income until 2000, and (ii) a less opportunity-egalitarian distribution of wealth after the financial crisis in 2008. In sum, our findings suggest that the US have consistently moved further away from a level playing field in recent decades. |
|---|
| responsibles | Chassagnon, Apouey |
|---|
Workflow history| from state (1) | to state | comment | date |
|---|
| submitted | published | | 2023/05/25 13:44 UTC |
| |
|