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Note The measurement of inequality by components of total expenditure

The measurement of inequality by components of total expenditure

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An informational approach is used for the measurement of the inequality of each component of total consumption expenditure. The approach is applied to data of the International Comparison Project.

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    Henri Theil & Charles B. Moss

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  1. Henri Theil
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First version received: May 1998/final version received: May 1998

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Theil, H., Moss, C. Note The measurement of inequality by components of total expenditure. Empirical Economics 24, 559–561 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001810050072

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