De ontwikkeling van de inkomensongelijkheid gemeten volgens informatietheoretische maatstaven

A. I. V. Massizzo, W. Kok and J. H. C. Lisman

Statistica Neerlandica, 1969, vol. 23, issue 2, 161-171

Abstract: Summary Some years ago Theil introduced new inequality measures, originating from information theory. He applied them 8.0. to income distributions in the United States. This inequality coefficient is ‐ in contrast to Pareto's constant ‐ based on the whole income distribution. Moreover, the inequality can be disaggregated into inequalities for groups of population. The numerical value of the inequality depends on the chosen class intervals; this may be inconvenient when making comparisons between countries, between different periods and the like. Hence we suggest an appropriate standardizing procedure. The inequality of income distributions has been calculated for the period 1950–1964 and a cornparison is made with Pmm's constant. The investigation relates to three groups of population: wage earners, self employed and others. A remark is made about between‐province inequalities.

Date: 1969
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