Journal article
The upper tail of the earnings distribution Pareto or lognormal?
Abstract
The functional description of the upper tail of the earnings distribution is re-examined using British data disaggregated by occupational group. The superiority of the Pareto distribution, over the lognormal is shown to be much less well-supported than at the aggregate level.
Authors
Harrison A
Journal
Economics Letters, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 191–195
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 1979
DOI
10.1016/0165-1765(79)90172-1
ISSN
0165-1765