Meritocracy and economic inequality /

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A collection of 12 original papers contributed by scholars, with an introduction by the editors.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Arrow, Kenneth J. (Kenneth Joseph), 1921-2017 (Editor), Bowles, Samuel (Editor), Durlauf, Steven N. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Income distribution.
Equality.
Elite (Social sciences)
Social mobility.
Revenu > Répartition.
Élite (Sciences sociales)
Mobilité sociale.
social mobility.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
Equality
Income distribution
Social mobility
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Merit and justice / Amartya Sen
  • Equality of opportunity / John E. Roemer
  • IQ trends over time : intelligence, race, and meritocracy / James R. Flynn
  • Genes, culture, and inequality / Marcus W. Feldman, Sarah P. Otto, and Freddy B. Christiansen
  • Schooling, intelligence, and income in America / Orley Ashenfelter and Cecilia Rouse
  • Does schooling raise earnings by making people smarter? / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
  • A reanalysis of The Bell curve : intelligence, family background, and schooling / Sanders Korenman and Christopher Winship
  • Occupational status, education, and social mobility in the meritocracy / Robert M. Hauser, John Robert Warren, Min-Hsiung Huang, and Wendy Y. Carter
  • Understanding the role of cognitive ability in accounting for the recent rise in the economic return to education / John Cawley, James Heckman, Lance Lochner, and Edward Vytlacil
  • Inequality and race : models and policy / Shelly J. Lundberg and Richard Startz
  • Conceptual problems in the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws / Glenn Loury
  • Meritocracy, redistribution, and the size of the pie / Roland Bénabou.

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