TheWorldBankPovertyandEquityKristinaVaughanandMonicaRobayo-AbrilInequalityofopportunityinBulgariaPolicyNoteAbstract:UsingdatafromarecentEU-SILCmoduleonintergenerationalmobility,thispolicynoteexplorestowhatextentthehighlevelsofinequalityprevalentinBulgariaareduetoinequalityofopportunity,thatis,inequalityduetocircumstancesbeyondanindividual’scontrol.TheresultsshowthatoverhalfoftheincomeinequalityinBulgariaisduetoinequalityofopportunity,thehighestshareintheEuropeanUnion.UsingShapley'sdecompositiontechniques,wefindthatdisparitiesinparents’educationexplainmostoftheinequalityofopportunity.Relatedtothis,BulgariaisoneofthecountriesinEuropewherechildren’seducationisstronglylinkedtothatoftheirparents,resultinginlittleeducationalintergenerationalmobility.Policiestotacklehighlevelsofinequalityofopportunitymainlycenteraroundreformingtheeducationalsystemasgapsineducationalattainmentareevidentasearlyastheearlychildhoodlevel,andschoolshavetypicallybeeninequalityreinforcing.Greateraccesstoqualityearlychildhoodeducation,delayedtrackingofstudentsuntiltheyhaveacquiredfoundationalskills,andimprovedaccesstoqualitytertiaryinstitutionsarekeytoreducinginequalityofopportunity.ComplementaryanalysissuggeststherearesizablegrowthgainstobemadeinBulgariaifhumancapitalattainmentisimprovedandreducinginequalityofopportunitypresentsonesuchpa...
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