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Author Roemer, John E.

Title Equality of opportunity / John E. Roemer
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 120 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Circumstances, Types, and Autonomous Choice -- 3. Justifying the Proposal -- 4. A Formal Definition of Equality of Opportunity -- 5. Incentive Properties of the EOp Mechanism -- 6. Equality of Opportunity with Production -- 7. Equality of Opportunity for Welfare -- 8. Equality of Opportunity for Health -- 9. Education and Advantage -- 10. Equal-Opportunity Unemployment Insurance -- 11. The EOp Distribution of Educational Finance in the United States -- 12. The Scope and Extent of Equal Opportunity -- 13. To What Extent Should We Equalize Opportunities? -- 14. Affirmative Action -- 15. Concluding Remarks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [116]-117) and index
Subject Welfare economics -- Mathematical models.
Distributive justice -- Mathematical models.
Equality -- Mathematical models.
Competition -- Mathematical models.
Social policy -- Mathematical models.
LC no. 97033525
ISBN 0674259912 alkaline paper