AN EMPIRICAL STUDY USING HUMAN OPPORTUNITY INDEX FOR BRAZIL

Abstract

Development of the various skills of an individual can often is associated with unequal access to a set of opportunities during childhood as a result of social choices in addition to circumstances beyond their control to born. In these terms, and aiming to project long-term public policies, I developed the Human Opportunity Index (HOI), summary indicator of the coverage of basic goods and services of inequalities of opportunities for children with having parameters predetermined circumstances. The data used are from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of IBGE for Brazil in the years 2001-2011. Were listed eight indicators of basic services being five housing dimension and three educational from seven variables circumstances. The results show diversity the opportunities besides in an expansion rates of coverage of the network access, notwithstanding differences between the groups in different circumstances.