Theil, Inequality Indices and Decomposition

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.

Citation

Cowell, F.A. (2006), "Theil, Inequality Indices and Decomposition", Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (Ed.) Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty (Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13012-4