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An axiomatic characterization of the Theil measure of income inequality

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  1. Oscar Volij & David Frankel, 2004. "Measuring Segregation," Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings 210, Econometric Society.
  2. Cowell, Frank, 1996. "Estimation of inequality indices," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 2229, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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  9. Manfred Krtscha, 2017. "Some axiomatics of inequality measurement, with specific reference to intermediate indices," Working Papers 445, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
  10. Edmond Berisha & Ram Sewak Dubey & Eric Olson, 2022. "Monetary policy and the racial wage gap," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 63(6), pages 3045-3059, December.
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  13. Andonie, Costel & Kuzmics, Christoph & Rogers, Brian W., 2019. "Efficiency-based measures of inequality," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 60-69.
  14. Joongyang Park & YoungSoon Kim & Seon‐ja Heo, 2018. "Dual‐Index Measurement Of Income Inequality," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 70(3), pages 277-284, July.
  15. Sorger, Gerhard & Stark, Oded, 2013. "Income redistribution going awry: The reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 1-9.
  16. Satya R. Chakravarty & Manipushpak Mitra & Suresh Mutuswami & Rupayan Pal, 2019. "Measuring electoral competitiveness: A Probability ratio index," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2019-014, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
  17. Foster, James E. & Shneyerov, Artyom A., 2000. "Path Independent Inequality Measures," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 91(2), pages 199-222, April.
  18. Casilda Lasso de la Vega & Ana Urrutia & Oscar Volij, 2011. "An Axiomatic Characterization Of The Theil Inequality Order," Working Papers 1103, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics.
  19. Roberto Ezcurra & Carlos Gil & Pedro Pascual & Manuel Rapún, 2003. "Inequality and Regional Development within the European Union (?)," ERSA conference papers ersa03p333, European Regional Science Association.
  20. Carlos Gradín, 2020. "Quantifying the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality an application to Mozambique," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 18(3), pages 391-419, September.
  21. Nicholas Rohde, 2009. "A Symmetric Information-Theoretic Index For The Measurement of Inequality," Discussion Papers Series 398, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
  22. Mishra, Ashok K. & Moss, Charles B. & Erickson, Kenneth W., 2006. "Farm Wealth Inequality Within and Across States in the United States," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 35(2), pages 251-264, October.
  23. World Bank, 2012. "Monitoring Basic Opportunities throughout the Lifecycle with the Human Opportunity Index in Chile," World Bank Publications - Reports 11919, The World Bank Group.
  24. Marcelo Neri & Cecilia Machado & Valdemar Neto, 2018. "Earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector: The role of firms, education, and top incomes 1994–2015," WIDER Working Paper Series 157, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  25. Satya R. Chakravarty & Manipushpak Mitra & Suresh Mutuswami & Rupayan Pal, 2020. "On the probability ratio index as a measure of electoral competition," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 6(1), pages 1-6, December.
  26. Carlos Gradín, 2018. "Quantifying the contribution of a subpopulation to inequality: An application to Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series 60, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  27. Casilda Lasso de la Vega & Ana Urrutia & Oscar Volij, 2013. "An axiomatic characterization of the Theil inequality ordering," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 54(3), pages 757-776, November.
  28. Guoxiang Li & Rong Zhang & Suling Feng & Yuqing Wang, 2022. "Digital finance and sustainable development: Evidence from environmental inequality in China," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(7), pages 3574-3594, November.
  29. Edmond Berisha & Ram Sewak Dubey & John Meszaros & Eric Olson, 2020. "Trends in Economic Inequality: Are U.S. states growing apart?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(2), pages 1319-1331.
  30. Stéphane Mussard & Françoise Seyte & Michel Terraza, 2006. "La décomposition de l’indicateur de Gini en sous-groupes : une revue de la littérature," Cahiers de recherche 06-11, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
  31. Zhao, Congyu & Jia, Rongwen & Dong, Kangyin, 2023. "Does financial inclusion achieve the dual dividends of narrowing carbon inequality within cities and between cities? Empirical evidence from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
  32. Nai Chiek Aik & Qiurui Zhang, 2023. "Use of Theil for a Specific Duality Economy: Assessing the Impact of Digital Inclusive Finance on Urban-Rural Income Gap in Chongqing," FinTech, MDPI, vol. 2(4), pages 1-12, September.
  33. Roberto Ezcurra & Carlos Gil & Pedro Pascual & Manuel Rapún, 2002. "Geografía y dinámica de la desigualdad regional en la Unión Europea," Documentos de Trabajo - Lan Gaiak Departamento de Economía - Universidad Pública de Navarra 0207, Departamento de Economía - Universidad Pública de Navarra.
  34. Lasso de la Vega, Casilda & Volij, Oscar, 2013. "A simple proof of Foster's (1983) characterization of the Theil measure of inequality," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 940-943.
  35. Nicholas Rohde, 2008. "A comparison of inequality measurement techniques," Discussion Papers Series 377, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
  36. Mishra, Ashok & El-Osta, Hisham & Gillespie, Jeffrey M., 2009. "Effect of agricultural policy on regional income inequality among farm households," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 325-340, May.
  37. Marchetti Stefano & Tzavidis Nikos, 2021. "Robust Estimation of the Theil Index and the Gini Coeffient for Small Areas," Journal of Official Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 37(4), pages 955-979, December.
  38. Zandvakili, Sourushe & Mills, Jeffrey A., 2001. "The distributional implications of tax and transfer programs in US," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 167-181.
  39. Villar, Antonio, 2001. "The Welfare Evaluation of Primary Goods: A Suggestion," Economics Series 98, Institute for Advanced Studies.
  40. Lucas, André, 1999. "Disparitätsmessung aus klassierten Daten mittels Schätzung von entropiemaximalen Dichtefunktionen," Discussion Papers in Econometrics and Statistics 1/99, University of Cologne, Institute of Econometrics and Statistics.
  41. Satya R. Chakravarty & Pietro Muliere, 2003. "Welfare indicators: A review and new perspectives. 1. Measurement of inequality," Metron - International Journal of Statistics, Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate - University of Rome, vol. 0(3), pages 457-497.
  42. Nicholas Rohde, 2016. "J-divergence measurements of economic inequality," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 179(3), pages 847-870, June.
  43. Magne Mogstad, 2007. "Measuring Income Inequality under Restricted Interpersonal Comparability," Discussion Papers 498, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
  44. Antonio Villar Notario, 2001. "Multidimensional Inequality And Social Welfare," Working Papers. Serie AD 2001-30, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
  45. Casilda Lasso de la Vega & Oscar Volij, 2020. "The Measurement Of Income Segregation," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 61(4), pages 1479-1500, November.
  46. Michel Sollogoub, 1988. "L'inégalité des revenus primaires en France de 1962 à 1979," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 39(3), pages 545-572.
  47. Marcelo Neri & Cecilia Machado & Valdemar Pinho Neto, 2018. "Earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector: The role of firms, education, and top incomes 1994-2015," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-157, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  48. Nicholas Rohde & Ross Guest, 2013. "Multidimensional Racial Inequality in the United States," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 114(2), pages 591-605, November.
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