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

• 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
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...