Open AccessA Simple Proof of Foster's (1983) Characterization of the Theil Measure of Inequality
Author(s) -
Casilda Lasso de la Vega,
Oscar Volij
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.2289468
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , measure (data warehouse) , characterization (materials science) , mathematics , inequality , econometrics , mathematical economics , calculus (dental) , computer science , mathematical analysis , materials science , data mining , nanotechnology , medicine , philosophy , dentistry , epistemology
We provide a simple proof of Foster's (1983) characterization of the Theil inequality index.
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