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Identity and inequality: focus on social groups

The previous chapters have shown that factors beyond an individual’s skill or effort, such as place of residence or parents’ education, affect income, access to other productive assets, and health and educational status, thus creating inequality between individuals. Yet other characteristics that identify the social group to which an individual belongs, including gender, age, and migrant, indigenous or disability status, also have considerable influence on well-being and economic outcomes. Indeed, an individual’s chances in life depend significantly on group ascription and the ways in which both the individual and group interacts with public institutions and the labour market.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development
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