@article{c18a8a5fcff54a42a18534a048e59101,
title = "A simple proof of Foster's (1983) characterization of the Theil measure of inequality",
abstract = "We provide a simple proof of Foster's (1983) characterization of the Theil inequality index.",
keywords = "Axiomatic characterization, Income inequality, Theil index",
author = "{Lasso de la Vega}, Casilda and Oscar Volij",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Mikel Bilbao for his disinterested help. We also thank the Spanish Ministerio de Educaci{\'o}n y Ciencia (project ECO2012-31346 ) and the Gobierno Vasco (project IT568-13 ) for research support. ",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.econmod.2013.07.024",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "940--943",
journal = "Economic Modelling",
issn = "0264-9993",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}
