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Aggregate Productivity Loss and the Theil Index of Inequality Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Aoki, Shuhei
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This paper suggests that the difference in the Theil indices of inequality between two economies approximately measures the relative loss of aggregate productivity caused by distortions in labor allocation. Moreover, the Theil index itself can be interpreted approximately as the possible maximum loss of aggregate productivity caused by these distortions.
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Keywords: inequality ; marginal productivity theory ; misallocation ; productivity ; Theil index ; Other versions of this item:
Find related papers by JEL classification: E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity
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