Essays about: "Theil index"

Found 4 essays containing the words Theil index.

  1. 1. Accessibility and equity assessment in public transport services : A Case Study in Palma de Mallorca

    University essay from KTH/Transportplanering

    Author : Francesc Xavier Salleras Mestre; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Public transport planning should start by having a clear knowledge of the gaps(mismatches) between transport supply and demand. The appraisal of transportrelatedprojects are widely assessed using tools such Cost Benefit analysis which fail toexplain how the benefits and burdens are distributed among the population which canbroaden the existing inequities in cities. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Economic Proposition? Educational Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in Sweden, 2000-2010

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Simon Helperin; [2020]
    Keywords : Assortative mating; homogamy; earnings inequality; salary; economic inequality; decomposition; counterfactual analysis;

    Abstract : Educational assortative mating and earnings inequality has both increased in both Europe and the United States in the last decades. As a result, educational assortative mating, or educational homogamy, has been suggested as a potential explanation for the increase in earnings inequality. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effect of Education on Disposable Income Distribution

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Joe Lahoud; Davor Bosnic; [2012]
    Keywords : Iincome distribution; Theil Index; European Union; Education;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to  examine the education level and its role on income distribution in the member states of the European Union (EU). The data are assembled given the period between 2005 and 2009 with a cross- country data analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reinterpreting China’s Regional Disparities from ‘New Economic Geography’ Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Shuning Sun; [2011]
    Keywords : China; regional disparities; geography; policy; new economic geography; industrial agglomeration; Theil index; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The persistence of regional disparities at different spatial dimensions, especially the income gap among three major economic belts (i.e. East, Central, and West), is one of the most striking characters of economic development process in China since the reform and opening-up policy in the late 1970s. READ MORE