Identifying the roots of inequality of opportunity in South Korea by application of algorithmic approaches.
This study identifies the roots of inequality of opportunity in South Korea by applying algorithmic approaches to survey data. In contrast to extant studies, we identify the roots of inequality of opportunity by estimating the importance of variables, interpreting the estimated results, and analyzin...
| Publicado en: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2022
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