I discuss how poverty decomposition methods relate to integral approximation, which ultimately is the foundation of … every decomposition of the temporal change of a quantity into key drivers. This offers a common framework for the different … decomposition methods used in the literature, clarifies their often somewhat unclear theoretical underpinning and identifies the …

We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition methods can be reconciled with regression …

its decomposition, socio-economic inequalities of tobacco consumption grouped by gender were estimated. The concentration …

mass at each point of the distribution (using the Recentered Influence Function). The decomposition is shown to verify …

and inequality in Indonesia by applying Theil's L decomposition (both static and dynamic) to the National Socio … and dynamic decomposition of Theils's L, this study found that (i) the root cause of increasing inequality in Indonesia is …