TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Checchi, Daniele
AU  - Peragine, Vito
AU  - Serlenga, Laura
        TI  - Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe
        PY  - 2010/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5025
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5025
        AB  - This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional setups that are associated to opportunity inequality. We distinguish between ex ante and ex post opportunity inequality. We find that ex ante equality of opportunity exhibits positive correlation with public expenditure in education, whereas ex post equality of opportunity is also positively associated to union presence and to fiscal redistribution.
        KW  - inequality of opportunity
KW  - income inequality
        ER  -