We investigate the effect of immigration to the UK showing that immigration is responsible for less than 16% of the increase in UK income and wealth inequality over the last 25 years. The contribution from EU immigrants is less than 10%, and less than 5% comes from EU8 EU2 (Bulgaria, the Czech...

We analyze the data on personal income distribution from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. We compare fits of the data to the exponential, log-normal, and gamma distributions. The exponential function gives a good (albeit not perfect) description of 98% of the population in the lower part of...

This paper proposes the κ-generalized distribution as a model for describing the distribution and dispersion of income within a population. Formulas for the shape, moments and standard tools for inequality measurement–such as the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient–are given. A method for...