The Power-law Tail Exponent of Income Distributions
classification
⚛️ physics.soc-ph
q-fin.ST
keywords
incomepower-lawdistributionsexponenttailappliedaustraliabootstrap
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In this paper we tackle the problem of estimating the power-law tail exponent of income distributions by using the Hill's estimator. A subsample semi-parametric bootstrap procedure minimising the mean squared error is used to choose the power-law cutoff value optimally. This technique is applied to personal income data for Australia and Italy.
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