Theil, Inequality Indices and Decomposition

Frank A. Cowell

A chapter in Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty, 2006, pp 341-356 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Theil's approach to the measurement of inequality is set in the context of subsequent developments over recent decades. It is shown that Theil's initial insight leads naturally to a very general class of decomposable inequality measures. It is thus closely related to a number of other commonly used families of inequality measures.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13012-4

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