2005/05/25 by Souma, Wataru, Nirei, Makoto
#FOS: Economics and business #FOS: Physical sciences #General Finance (q-fin.GN) #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0505173
Personal income distributions in Japan are analyzed empirically and a simple stochastic model of the income process is proposed. Based on empirical facts, we propose a minimal two-factor model. Our model of personal income consists of an asset accumulation process and a wage process. We show that these simple processes can successfully reproduce the empirical distribution of income. In particular, the model can reproduce the particular transition of the distribution shape from the middle part to the tail part. This model also allows us to derive the tail exponent of the distribution analytically.