| Sumario: | Throughout this article, we analyze the effect of some circumstances, exogenously determined individual characteristics, over individual incomes and years of education. Gathering information for Bolivia and applying the theoretical scheme of Equality of Opportunity. This paper identifies relevant circumstances influencing outcomes such as the individual characteristics (gender, ethnicity) and family backgrounds (household characteristics and parental education). We studied and compared two household surveys for about ten years, in order to analyze whether these circumstantial factors are still relevant in determining the analyzed outcomes. After having evaluated different econometric models, strengthened by a descriptive analysis, we found that the identified circumstances are a vital part of income determination, and still being a significant part in education level determination in Bolivia. Despite these facts, we could also observe that within ten years the conditioning of income in those selected circumstances is less significant for the country, suggesting that there could be improvements in the equality of opportunities.
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