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Peichl, Andreas and Ungerer, Martin (2016). Accounting for the spouse when measuring inequality of opportunity. Soc Choice Welf., 47 (3). S. 607 - 632. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1432-217X

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Abstract

The existing literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) has not addressed the question of how the circumstances and choices of spouses in a couple should be treated. By omitting information relevant to the spouse in IOp estimations, the implicit assumption has been full responsibility for the spouse's income, effort and circumstance variables. In this paper, we discuss whether or not the spouse's characteristics should be treated as responsibility factors. Using German micro data, we analyze empirically, how IOp estimates are affected when a spouse's circumstance or effort variables are included in the analysis. We find that including spousal variables can increase IOp measures by more than 20 (35) percent for gross (net) earnings. The less responsibility assumed for the partner's variables, the higher the IOp estimate.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Peichl, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ungerer, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-260019
DOI:	10.1007/s00355-016-0985-9
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc Choice Welf.
Volume:	47
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 607 - 632
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1432-217X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EQUALITY Multiple languages Economics; Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26001