Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5062665 Economics Letters 2006 7 Pages PDF
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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.

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Income inequality and efficiency: A decomposition approach and applications to China
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