Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

The κ-generalized distribution: A new descriptive model for the size distribution of incomes

Date

Authors

Clementi, F

Di Matteo, Tiziana

Gallegati, M

Kaniadakis, G

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

This paper proposes the κ-generalized distribution as a model for describing the distribution and dispersion of income within a population. Formulas for the shape, moments and standard tools for inequality measurement-such as the Lorenz curve and the Gin

Keywords

Keywords: Lorentz force; Mathematical models; Parameter estimation; Size distribution; Statistics; Generalized statistics; Income distribution; Income inequality; Earnings ?-generalized statistics; Income distribution; Income inequality

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49465

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its applications

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.109

Restricted until

2037-12-31

Downloads

File

Description

01_Clementi_The_κ-generalized_2008.pdf (783.18 KB)