An axiomatic characterization of the Theil measure of income inequality

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(83)90023-6zbMath0522.90020OpenAlexW2042506329MaRDI QIDQ1056344

James E. Foster

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(83)90023-6

zbMATH Keywords

axiomatic characterizationeconomic indexLorenz criterionTheil measure of income inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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