Desigualdade de oportunidades no Brasil: Efeitos diretos e indiretos

Abstract

The aim of this study is to measure the inequality of opportunities in Brazil. For this purpose, we use the theoretical approach developed by Pistolesi (2009) and an empirical strategy based on combining the method of counterfactual generation by Chernozhukov, Fernández-Val e Melly (2009). The results indicate that the proportion of inequality of opportunity in total Brazilian inequality is 35%.