NEROVNOSŤ V ROZDELENÍ SPOTREBNÝCH VÝDAVKOV SLOVENSKÝCH DOMÁCNOSTÍ

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the expenditure inequality in Slovakia. Total expenditure inequality is decomposed into the within-groups and between-groups components using Theil’s decomposition techniques. Theil’s index is part of a special class of inequality measures known as Generalised Entropy measures. An important property of Theil’s index is the additive decomposability characteristic, which implies that the aggregate inequality measure can be decomposed into inequality within and between any arbitrarily defined population subgroups. Decompositions are carried out according to the residence area, educational level, gender, economical activity of the household head, type of household and number of dependent children. The data used to perform the decomposition of Theil’s inequality measures, are derived from the Household Budget Surveys.