Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.

This paper proposes an aggregate measure of income inequality for China, using data from household samples covering 29 provinces and over a period of 13 years, from 1993 to 2005. Applying the methodology of Theil-L index, the paper aggregates the income inequality at national level and decomposes it...

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Main Authors:	Su, Juanna Jielin., Weng, Daphne Yinglin., Yong, Shiyun.
Other Authors:	Chen, Kang
Format:	Final Year Project
Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2169
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-21692019-12-10T11:43:03Z Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index. Su, Juanna Jielin. Weng, Daphne Yinglin. Yong, Shiyun. Chen, Kang School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China This paper proposes an aggregate measure of income inequality for China, using data from household samples covering 29 provinces and over a period of 13 years, from 1993 to 2005. Applying the methodology of Theil-L index, the paper aggregates the income inequality at national level and decomposes it into inter-provincial and intra-provincial (rural-urban) level. Results have shown that intra-provincial income inequality contributed a major proportion to the overall inequality as compared to inter-provincial income inequality in China. Bachelor of Arts 2008-09-16T06:35:51Z 2008-09-16T06:35:51Z 2008 2008 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2169 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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spellingShingle	DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China Su, Juanna Jielin. Weng, Daphne Yinglin. Yong, Shiyun. Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.
description	This paper proposes an aggregate measure of income inequality for China, using data from household samples covering 29 provinces and over a period of 13 years, from 1993 to 2005. Applying the methodology of Theil-L index, the paper aggregates the income inequality at national level and decomposes it into inter-provincial and intra-provincial (rural-urban) level. Results have shown that intra-provincial income inequality contributed a major proportion to the overall inequality as compared to inter-provincial income inequality in China.
author2	Chen, Kang
author_facet	Chen, Kang Su, Juanna Jielin. Weng, Daphne Yinglin. Yong, Shiyun.
format	Final Year Project
author	Su, Juanna Jielin. Weng, Daphne Yinglin. Yong, Shiyun.
author_sort	Su, Juanna Jielin.
title	Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.
title_short	Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.
title_full	Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.
title_fullStr	Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.
title_sort	measuring china's income disparity using theil-l index.
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Measuring China's income disparity using Theil-L index.

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