Is the Distribution of Income Compatible with a Stable Distribution?
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Keywords
Stable distributions; Pareto-Levy distributions; Income distributions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2003-06-04 (Labour Economics)
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