Henri Theil
Henri Theil (born October 13, 1924 in Amsterdam , † August 20, 2000 in Jacksonville (Florida) ) was a Dutch econometrician .
Theil received his academic training at the University of Amsterdam . He was the successor of Jan Tinbergen at the Erasmus University Rotterdam . He later taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Florida .
Henri Theil became known for the Theil index , a measure of entropy for indicating the uneven distribution of income and wealth, for example. In addition to the Gini coefficient , the Theil index is one of the most frequently used measures of inequality.
In 1966 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
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- ↑ Cowell, Frank A. (2002, 2003): Theil, Inequality and the Structure of Income Distribution (PDF; 320 kB) , London School of Economics and Political Sciences (with references to the “class of Kolm indices”, that is Measures for unequal distributions such as the Theil index )
Web links
- Literature by and about Henri Theil in the catalog of the German National Library
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SURNAME | Theil, Henri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch econometrician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2000 |
Place of death | Jacksonville (Florida) |