Inequality of Opportunities Among Children : How Much Does Gender Matter?

Inequality of Opportunities Among Children : How Much Does Gender Matter?

Authors apply a decomposition method to a measure of inequality of opportunities among children (the human opportunity index) to examine the question of how much does gender of a child contribute to inequality in access to critical services that sh...

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Main Authors: Hoyos, Alejandro, Narayan, Ambar
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
ACCESS TO SERVICES
ADULT LIFE
CLEAN WATER
DECOMPOSITION OF INEQUALITY
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
HIGH INEQUALITY
HIGH INEQUALITY COUNTRIES
IMMUNIZATION
INEQUALITIES IN EDUCATION
INEQUALITIES OF OPPORTUNITIES
INEQUALITIES OF OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MINORITY
OVERALL INEQUALITY
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC POLICIES
SANITATION
SOCIETY
TOTAL INEQUALITY
WDR
WILL
YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647431468177836870/Inequality-of-opportunities-among-children-how-much-does-gender-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27452

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647431468177836870/Inequality-of-opportunities-among-children-how-much-does-gender-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27452

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