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generalized entropy index: a standalone construct

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Economics of inequality

a family of inequality measures, including the Theil index, that can be split exactly into within-group and between-group parts.

In economics of inequality, generalized entropy index refers to a family of inequality measures, including the Theil index, that can be split exactly into within-group and between-group parts. This meaning comes from Shorrocks (1980) in Econometrica.[1]

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References

Shorrocks, A. F. (1980). The Class of Additively Decomposable Inequality Measures. Econometrica, 48(3), 613. https://doi.org/10.2307/1913126

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