Tool
Policy Impacts on Inequality. Decomposition of Income Inequality by Income Sources. EASYPol Series 053
This analytical tool illustrates how to decompose inequality measures by income sources. In particular, it discusses this decomposition in the context of the Gini and the Theil Indexes. A step-by-step procedure and numerical examples give operational content to the tool.
For further information, see also:
- Charting Income Inequality. The Lorenz Curve. EASYPol Series 000
- Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Lorenz Curves. EASYPol Series 001
- Inequality Analysis: The Gini Index. EASYPol Series 040
- Describing Income Inequality. Theil Index and Entropy Class Indexes. EASYPol Series 051
- Policy Impacts on Inequality: Decomposition of Income Inequality by Subgroups. EASYPol Series 052
This paper is part of the FAO Policy series: EASYPol-Resources for policy making (in agriculture, rural development and food security). To find other EASYPol series' resources, go to the Policy Support and Governance website>Resources and type "EASYPol" in the free text search.
Date
2006
Publisher
Bellu, L.G., Liberati, P.
Region
Global