Henri Theil

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Henri Theil
Born	October 13, 1924 Amsterdam
Died	2000
Nationality	Dutch
Field	Economics
Institutions	University of Chicago University of Florida
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam

Henri Theil (October 13, 1924, Amsterdam - 2000) was a a Dutch econometrician. He graduated from the University of Amsterdam. He was the successor of Jan Tinbergen at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Later he taught in Chicago and at the University of Florida. He is most famous for the Theil index, a measure of entropy, which belongs to the class of Kolm-Indices and is used as an inequity indicator in econometrics^[1].

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1. ^ Cowell, Frank A. (2002, 2003): Theil, Inequality and the Structure of Income Distribution, London School of Economics and Political Sciences (with reference to the „“)

Persondata
NAME	Theil, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Econometrician
DATE OF BIRTH	1924-10-31
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH	2000
PLACE OF DEATH	Saint Augustine, Florida