Essays about: "Inequality of Opportunity"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 53 essays containing the words Inequality of Opportunity.

1. 6. University tuition fees’ effect on future outcomes : A study on the correlation between higher education costs and income distribution

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Nicol Nowicka; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This paper focuses on studying whether a tuition fee for obtaining higher education affects the wage distribution in the United Kingdom. The hypothesis builds on theoretical framework that the higher cost of obtaining education leads to a higher pay for workers with college diploma, which in turn widens the gap between wages with different schooling levels and increases the inequality in the country. READ MORE

3. 7. The state of the state of education : An analysis of the development of Dutch educational discourse and its reflection of the formulation, reinforcement, and reproduction of meritocratic ideology

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Steijn van de Peppel; [2023]
   Keywords : Meritocracy; Education; Discourse; The Netherlands; Inequality;

   Abstract : This study uses critical discourse analysis to assess how the annual report of the Dutch education system, de staat van het onderwijs, formulates, reinforces, and reproduces meritocratic ideology. A comparison of the 2010/2011 and 2020/2021 editions highlights the development of the discourse and provides a strong foundation for critical analysis. READ MORE

4. 8. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Irem Ucan; [2023]
   Keywords : Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. READ MORE

5. 9. Myopic Meritocracy? An Experimental Survey Approach

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Milan-Avin Spendel; [2023]
   Keywords : Meritocracy; Inequality of Opportunity; Distributive Fairness;

   Abstract : In my master's thesis, I present a hypothetical survey experiment (n=95) examining the impact of two types of inequality on participants' fairness perceptions. The experimental design introduces a novel approach by providing impartial spectators with precise information about workers' performance in two consecutive effort-rounds and the underlying sources of inequality. READ MORE

6. 10. Family Matters : Equality of Opportunity for Skill Formation and How Educational Spending Policies Affect It

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Marcus Harvey Isaksson; Ibou Traore; [2023]
   Keywords : Ability; Education; Human Capital; Equality of Opportunity; Public Economics; Labor Economics; PISA; Socioeconomic Background; Förmåga; Utbildning; Humankapital; Jämlikhet; Offentlig ekonomi; Arbetsekonomi; PISA; Socioekonomisk bakgrund;

   Abstract : In recent decades, inequality of outcomes and of opportunity has increased around the world. Many previous studies on inequality have shown the effects of socioeconomic background on income and education, but few have examined its effects on the skills that determine those very outcomes. READ MORE