Theil, Inequality Indices and Decomposition

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.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Cowell, Frank A.
Published in:	Dynamics of inequality and poverty. - Bingley, U.K : Emerald, ISBN 978-1-84950-445-4. - 2006, p. 341-356
Subject:	Dekompositionsverfahren \| Decomposition method \| Konzentrationsmaß \| Concentration measurement \| Theorie \| Theory

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13012-4 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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