An Axiomatic Characterization of the Theil Inequality Ordering
28 Pages Posted: 19 Aug 2012
Date Written: August 18, 2012
Abstract
We identify an ordinal decomposability property and use it, along with other ordinal axioms, to characterize the Theil inequality ordering.
Keywords: Income inequality, Theil index
JEL Classification: D63
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Lasso de la Vega, Casilda and Urrutia, Ana and Volij, Oscar, An Axiomatic Characterization of the Theil Inequality Ordering (August 18, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2131838 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2131838
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