Inequality of opportunity, a matter of space?

Abstract

Inequality has become a very important issue in developed countries in the last decades. Among the different definitions of inequality, inequality of opportunity stands out as one of the main topics. At what extent are personal circumstances out of control the root of unequal outcomes? Space, defined as the place where people live, can constrain the set of opportunities that people face or, even, people with the same personal circumstances, excepting region, and the same set of opportunities can obtain very different outcomes depending on the region. This issue is measured in Spain by using the 2011 EU‐SILC microdata.