Oxford OPHI WORKING PAPER NO. 39 A Dissimilarity Index of Multidimensional Inequality of Opportunity Gaston Yalonetzky * November 2010 Abstract A recent literature on inequality of opportunity offers quantitative tools for comparisons and measurement based on stochastic dominance criteria and traditional inequality indices. In this paper I suggest an additional way of assessing inequality of opportunity with two indices of dissimilarity across distributions. The indices are based on a traditional
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Main Cereal Company is a relatively new company that was established in 2007. It is an Australian owned and operated company. The head office and factory are located in Sydney‚ New South Wales and it is manufactured and distributed from this location. Main Cereal Company offers organic cereals‚ which consists of Australian grown whole grains‚ fruits and nuts. Main Cereal Company has developed a new breakfast cereal range called Bran Flakes. The range offers ‘Bran Flakes Original’ (only flakes)‚ ‘Bran
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about the strategy‚ planning and opportunity to invest another country which is Sao Paulo‚ Brazil. The research talk that there are not many types of solar power in this country‚ especially the solar box cooker. Also‚ the Brazil economy has been grown fast in recently‚ and the population of Sao Paulo is over 10 million. There has a sunny light through a year which is similar the home country of company‚ Australia For this reason‚ the Rainbow Power Company‚ which is manufacture‚ and supply renewable
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religion and belief Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ã Commonwealth of Australia 1998. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968‚ no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Executive Director‚ Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission‚ GPO Box 5218‚ Sydney NSW 1042
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Date of submission: 01 April 2011 Title: Given that disasters create opportunity for active learning‚ why do they repeat? 1. Introduction Natural and manmade disasters are a gloomy recurrent feature of today’s reality. The 1986 nuclear catastrophe in Chernobyl‚ the 2004 hurricane in Brazil and‚ the same year‚ the devastating Tsunami in East Asia; the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan‚ the BP oil spillage in the Mexican Gulf in 2010; the 2010 earthquake in Haiti; and the latest tragic
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Missing school for an unrecognized holiday can be marked as an absence on student records. New York state Senator Daniel L. Squadron and Assemblywoman Grace Meng recently pushed for legislation to make the Lunar New Year an institutionalized public holiday. The two legislators are currently awaiting approval for the law from state officials. Originally‚ this law sounded personally appealing. As a proud Chinese American‚ I believe that this would have a profound cultural impact on Asian families
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Carbon Credit Accounting – Opportunities and Challenges Abstract The Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP‐9) decided to adopt an accounting system based on expiring carbon credits to address the problem of non‐permanent carbon storage in forests established under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This article reviews and discusses carbon accounting challenges and opportunities. As the issues for accounting of CER credits is new and it is on elementary stage‚ it will generate a fair amount
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SECTION II – Details of the Student Challenge/Opportunity Details of the student challenge/opportunity – scope‚ extent‚ difficulties From section 1‚ it is clear that first year students in third level education face huge changes during the transition from living at home to complete independence in all aspects of their lives. Facing the big bad world on your own can be daunting for most and presents many challenges. Having spent the previous year as the most senior class in school‚ they arrive in
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Weaknesses · Opportunities · Threats Strengths and weaknesses are said to be internal‚ that is‚ controlled by the company. Opportunities and Threats are outside the company’s control and are therefore said to be external influences. Strengths · Most people are willing to try a new product. If they are impressed‚ they will trust the company and build a loyalty to it. · It is the only product of its kind‚ therefore‚ it would have a large target audience · As my company is new‚ it has no reputation
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Equal Employment Opportunity Laws in Pakistan Disclaimer: The below information is provided on good faith basis and should be taken as a basic guideline about the equal employment opportunity laws in Pakistan instead of any legal advice. Objectives Resolution 1949 The base for the equality of all citizens was provided in the Objectives Resolution which was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in March‚ 1949. This resolution later became a substantive part of the Constitution of
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