The present study estimates inequality of opportunity for
Pakistan by using parametric and non-parametric analysis. Pakistan Social
and Living Standard Measurement Surveys of two time periods, 2005-06
and 2010-11, have been utilized. Father’s education, mother’s education,
father’s occupation, region of residence, and gender have been used as the
circumstance variable while labour earnings and household income per
capita are outcome variables. Three indices of Generalized Entropy
measures have been utilized to estimate inequality of opportunity. Results
depict that inequality of opportunity in labour earnings declines by 11
percentage points in Pakistan, during study period. The inequality of
opportunity, for household income per capita, declines by 16 percentage
points for Pakistan. Among all circumstances, gender is the highest
contributor followed by region of residence, father’s education, and
father’s occupation.