The Theil Indices in Parametric Families of Income Distributions—A Short Review

José María Sarabia, Vanesa Jordá and Lorena Remuzgo

Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, vol. 63, issue 4, 867-880

Abstract: The Theil indices (Theil, ) are widely used measures for studying the degree of concentration and inequality in size income distributions. Their property of decomposability makes these indices especially useful in applied economic analysis. This paper is a synthetic review of the Theil indices for the most important and popular parametric income distributions. Extensions to higher dimensions are sketched.

Date: 2017
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