Publications

Anders Björklund, Markus Jäntti (2020). Intergenerational mobility, intergenerational effects, sibling correlations, and equality of opportunity: a comparison of four approaches. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.

Joseph de la Torre Dwyer (2020). Chance, Merit, and Economic Inequality: Rethinking Distributive Justice and the Principle of Desert.

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Dana K. Nelkin (2019). Moral Luck. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Lane Kenworthy (2019). Equality of Opportunity.

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Daniel Markovits (2019). The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite.

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Shekhar Aiyar, Christian H. Ebeke (2019). Inequality of Opportunity, Inequality of Income and Economic Growth.

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Alexi Gugushvili, Caspar Kaiser (2019). Equality of opportunity is linked to lower mortality in Europe. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

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Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, Sonya R. Porter (2018). The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility.

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Alessandro Pluchino, Alessio Emanuele Biondo, Andrea Rapisarda (2018). Talent vs Luck: the role of randomness in success and failure. Advances in Complex Systems.

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Pew Research Center (2018). The Public, the Political System and American Democracy.

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Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (2018). Justice and Bad Luck. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie Jones, Sonya Porter (2018). Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective.

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Stephen J. McNamee (2018). The Meritocracy Myth.

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Paul K. Piff, Michael W. Kraus, Dacher Keltner (2018). Psychological Roots of Inequality: How Hierarchial Processes Produce and Perpetuate the Class Divide.

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Thomas Mulligan (2018). Justice and the Meritocratic State.

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Pablo A. Mitnik, Victoria Bryant, David B. Grusky (2018). A Very Uneven Playing Field: Economic Mobility in the United States.

Fernando Broncano-Berrocal (2016). Luck. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Robert H. Frank (2016). Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy.

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Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, Frina Lin, Jeremy Majerovitz, Benjamin Scuderi (2016). Childhood Environment and Gender Gaps in Adulthood.

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Richard Arneson (2015). Equality of Opportunity. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Pablo A. Mitnik, Victoria Bryant, Michael Weber, David B. Grusky (2015). New Estimates of Intergenerational Mobility Using Administrative Data.

Pablo A. Mitnik, David B. Grusky (2015). Economic Mobility in the United States.

Pew Research Center (2014). Emerging and Developing Economies Much More Optimistic than Rich Countries about the Future.

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Guillem López-Casasnovas, Héctor Pifarré i Arolas, Frederic Udina (2014). On the Implementation of Equality of Opportunity.

Alexander Kaufman, ed. (2014). Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage: G. A. Cohen's Egalitarianism.

Richard J. Arneson (2013). Egalitarianism. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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Leila Bengali, Mary Daly (2013). U.S. Economic Mobility: The Dream and the Data.

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Leslie McCall (2013). The Undeserving Rich: American Beliefs about Inequality, Opportunity, and Redistribution.

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Carl Knight (2013). Luck Egalitarianism. Philosophy Compass.

Benjamin I. Page, Larry M. Bartels, Jason Seawright (2013). Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans. Perspectives on Politics.

Robert Nozick (2013). Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

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C. C. W. Taylor (2012). Virtue and Happiness: Essays in Honour of Julia Annas. The Role Of Women In Plato’s Republic.

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Kok-Chor Tan (2012). Justice, Institutions, and Luck: The Site, Ground, and Scope of Equality.

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Carl Knight, Zofia Stemplowska (2011). Responsibility and Distributive Justice.

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Richard J. Arneson (2011). Luck Egalitarianism - A Primer. Responsibility and Distributive Justice.

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Ilan Benshalom, Kendra Stead (2010). Values and (Market) Valuations: A Critique of the Endowment Tax Consensus. Northwestern University Law Review.

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Darrick Hamilton, William Darity Jr. (2010). Can 'Baby Bonds' Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?. Review of Black Political Economy.

Carl Knight (2009). Luck Egalitarianism: Equality, Responsibility, and Justice.

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Benjamin I. Page, Lawrence R. Jacobs (2009). Class War? What Americans Really Think About Economic Inequality.

Leslie McCall, Lane Kenworthy (2009). Americans' Social Preferences in the Era of Rising Inequality. Perspectives on Politics.

Daniel Markovits (2008). Luck Egalitarianism and Political Solidarity. Theoretical Inquiries in Law.

Kyle Logue, Joel Slemrod (2008). Genes as Tags: The Tax Implications of Widely Available Genetic Information. National Tax Journal.

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Isabel V. Sawhill, John E. Morton (2007). Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?.

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Lawrence Zelenak (2006). Taxing Endowment. Duke Law Journal.

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Gerald Lang (2005). Two Objections to Luck Egalitarianism.

Carl Knight (2005). In Defence of Luck Egalitarianism. Res Publica.

Linda Sugin (2004). Theories of Distributive Justice and Limitations on Taxation: What Rawls Demands from Tax Systems. Fordham Law Review.

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Liam Murphy, Thomas Nagel (2004). The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice.

Emmanuel Saez, Thomas Piketty (2003). Income Inequality in the United States, 1913 1998. Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Peter Vallentyne (2002). Brute Luck, Option Luck, and Equality of Initial Opportunities. Ethics.

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (2001). Egalitarianism, Option Luck, and Responsibility. Ethics.

Matthew Clayton, Andrew Williams (2000). The Ideal of Equality.

Anne Alstott, Bruce A. Ackerman (1999). The Stakeholder Society.

John E. Roemer (1998). Equality of Opportunity.

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Betty Hart, Todd R. Risley (1995). Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children.

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Larry S. Temkin (1993). Inequality.

G. A. Cohen (1989). On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice. Ethics.

John Rawls (1971). A Theory of Justice.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson (1965). Commencement Address at Howard University.

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