Education Reform, Equal Opportunity and Educational Achievement: Do Trend Data Adequately Report Progress?

“Equalizing Opportunity Through Educational Finance Reform”

We analyze the reallocations of educational expenditures required to equalize opportunities, according to the theory of Roemer (1998). Using the NLSYM data set, we find that implementing an equal-opportunity policy across men of different races, by using educational finance as the instrument, and ensuring that no race received less than the average observed nationally, would require spending ni...

Equality of Opportunity and Educational Achievement in Portugal

Portugal has one of the highest levels of income inequality in Europe, and low wages and unemployment are concentrated among low skill individuals. Education is an important determinant of inequality. However, there are large differences in the educational attainment of different individuals in the population, and the sources of these differences emerge early in the life-cycle when families pla...

Educational Reform and Current Education Initiatives

Equal Opportunity.

Equality of Opportunity: a Progress Report By