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Abstract

Despite the improvement in the macroeconomic indicators that the Canary Islands have experienced since 2014, the data show that recovery has not reached yet a large part of the population. With significant rates of income concentration, as well as a worrying 44.6% of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE indicator), the Canary Islands are among the most unequal Spanish (and European) regions. Fighting against inequality of opportunity, caused by differences on the circumstances, is one of the most challenging issues that countries will have to face in the next years. Reducing inequality of opportunity is necessary to build fairer societies and more efficient economies, where individuals have incentives to participate and to reduce employ all its knowledge and capabilities. Lowering intergenerational immobility (the degree of dependence between individuals’ attainments and its parent ones) is a key issue to reduce inequality of opportunity. The report Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational mobility in the Canary Islands , carried out by University of La Laguna’s Research Centre of Social Inequality and Governance (CEDESOG) analyzes the influence, the interdependence and the transmission channels of both inequality of opportunity and intergenerational mobility in the islands, taking into account variables such as education, heath, occupation and income. Key-words: Inequality, Inequality of opportunity, intergenerational mobility, Canary Islands.