Not that resource inequality is considered unimportant, indeed, ECLAC has contributed substantially to its analysis by quantifying income inequality in recent decades and by analysing its determinants both in terms of structuralist theory and from the various perspectives developed within the institution itself. These are understood in a broad sense as comprising capacities, knowledge and skills that individuals succeed in acquiring and that enable them to embark upon life plans they consider worthwhile. It is also important, given the definition of equality proposed earlier, to consider equality in a “relational" context of socialization, autonomy and recognition, and to incorporate the subjective dimension of how people perceive the order they inhabit in terms of equality and inequality.