DECOMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION DYNAMIC THEIL'S ENTROPY AND ITS APPLICATION TO FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

• D'AMICO GUGLIELMO

  G. d'Annunzio University

• DI BIASE GIUSEPPE

  G. d'Annunzio University

• MANCA RAIMONDO

  La Sapienza University

抄録

In this paper we propose a modification of the Dynamic Theil's Entropy that considers the inequality in the whole population. We decompose it into three addends and we show how to compute them within a Markov model of income evolution. In this way the income inequality can be measured in the whole population and not only among a given number of classes in which the economic agents are classified. The model is implemented with statistics from Eurostat data applied on France, Germany, Greece and Italy. The results reveal different inequality behaviors characterizing the considered European countries.

収録刊行物

• Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

  Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics 55 (2), 229-239, 2014-12

  Hitotsubashi University

キーワード

• income distribution
• dynamic Theil's entropy
• fiscal system
• welfare policies

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390853649796336256
• NII論文ID: 120005521652
• NII書誌ID: AA00207547
• DOI: 10.15057/26967
• HANDLE: 10086/26967
• ISSN: 0018280x
• 本文言語コード: en
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