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

Yuk Shing CHENG; Sung Ko LI

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

Yuk Shing CHENG^*, Sung Ko LI

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-14
Number of pages	7
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2005.09.011
Publication status	Published - Apr 2006

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Economics and Econometrics

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China
Decomposition
Inequality
Technical efficiency

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