Title of article
Income inequality and efficiency: A decomposition approach and applications to China
Author/Authors
Yuk-shing Cheng، نويسنده , , Sung-Ko Li، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
7
From page
8
To page
14
Abstract
This paper suggests a new interpretation for a decomposition of the Theil inequality index when income can be expressed as multiplicative components. Applying the method to China, we find that the impact of technical inefficiency on inter-regional inequality has shown a declining trend.
Keywords
Inequality , Decomposition , China , Technical efficiency
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435890
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