The purpose of this paper is to decompose income inequality based on two different dimensions in nature. One is sample's personal characteristics, and the other is income sources. Empirical investigation is attempted to data in Japan. Although there are several studies which attempted...

This paper investigates income transfers between dynastic families caused by a public pension system. Using Japanese data, we present simulation results based on a model in which intergenerational altruism works, and income distribution exists between and within generations. The growth rates of...

This paper constructs a theoretical model for analyzing the earnings distribution over time and provides an estimation procedure for the inequality of earnings over time. The theoretical model incorporates Gibrat's so-called "law of proportionate effect," Galton's "regression toward the mean,"...