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Four Conceptions of Equal Opportunity

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Equality of opportunity is widely endorsed but subject to conflicting interpretations. This article identifies four non‐equivalent interpretations of the equality of opportunity ideal. Under scrutiny, all are contestable. The suggestion is broached that equality opportunity norms are best regarded as, in some circumstances, means to further justice goals, never rather as in themselves morally desirable.

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  • Richard Arneson, 2018. "Four Conceptions of Equal Opportunity," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 128(612), pages 152-173, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:econjl:v:128:y:2018:i:612:p:f152-f173
    DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12531
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    1. Song, Yang & Zhou, Guangsu, 2019. "Inequality of opportunity and household education expenditures: Evidence from panel data in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 85-98.
    2. Koeniger, Winfried & Zanella, Carlo, 2022. "Opportunity and inequality across generations," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 208(C).
    3. Bencsik, Panka & Halliday, Timothy J. & Mazumder, Bhashkar, 2023. "The intergenerational transmission of mental and physical health in the United Kingdom," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    4. Reinaldo Sousa Santos & Eva Petiz Lousã, 2022. "Give Me Five: The Most Important Social Values for Well-Being at Work," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-18, August.
    5. Hoda Heidari & Michele Loi & Krishna P. Gummadi & Andreas Krause, 2018. "A Moral Framework for Understanding of Fair ML through Economic Models of Equality of Opportunity," Papers 1809.03400, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2018.
    6. Brunori, Paolo & Hufe, Paul & Mahler, Daniel Gerszon, 2021. "The Roots of Inequality: Estimating Inequality of Opportunity from Regression Trees and Forests," IZA Discussion Papers 14689, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Carsten Andersen, 2021. "Intergenerational health mobility: Evidence from Danish registers," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(12), pages 3186-3202, December.
    8. Jasper Doomen, 2023. "Equality of competition: A consistent approach to equality of opportunity in sport," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(3), pages 340-352, October.
    9. Brunori, Paolo & Hufe, Paul & Mahler, Daniel, 2023. "The roots of inequality: estimating inequality of opportunity from regression trees and forests," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 118220, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    10. Liao, Cong & Scheuer, Bronte & Dai, Teqi & Tian, Yuan, 2020. "Optimizing the spatial assignment of schools to reduce both inequality of educational opportunity and potential opposition rate through introducing random mechanism into proximity-based system," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

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