Unequal Opportunities and Human Capital Formation

Número: 
415
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
J24, J31, O15, D33
Palabras clave: 
Human capital, Inequality, Equity-Efficiency Trade-off

This paper develops a tractable, heterogeneous agents general equilibrium model where individuals have different endowments of the factors that complement the schooling process. The paper explores the relationship between inequality of opportunities, ineq