-generalized statistics in personal income distribution

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\(\kappa \)-generalized statistics in personal income distribution




Abstract: Starting from the generalized exponential function expkappa(x)=(sqrt1+kappa2x2+kappax)1/kappa, with exp0(x)=exp(x), proposed in Ref. [G. Kaniadakis, Physica A extbf{296}, 405 (2001)], the survival function , where xinmathbfR+, , and kappain[0,1), is considered in order to analyze the data on personal income distribution for Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The above defined distribution is a continuous one-parameter deformation of the stretched exponential function extemdash to which reduces as kappa approaches zero extemdash behaving in very different way in the xo0 and xoinfty regions. Its bulk is very close to the stretched exponential one, whereas its tail decays following the power-law . This makes the kappa-generalized function particularly suitable to describe simultaneously the income distribution among both the richest part and the vast majority of the population, generally fitting different curves. An excellent agreement is found between our theoretical model and the observational data on personal income over their entire range.









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