Malaysian household income distribution: a fractal point of view

Malaysian Household Income Survey data provided by the Malaysian Department of Statistics is used to provide evidence that the upper tails of the household income distribution follows a fractal based distribution known as power-law. Inequality measures are then applied to ascertain the levels of ine...

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Main Authors: Fatimah Abdul Razak,, Faridatulazna Ahmad Shahabuddin,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12411/1/29%20Fatimah%20Abdul%20Razak.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12411/
http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid47bil9_2018/KandunganJilid47Bil9_2018.htm
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Summary:Malaysian Household Income Survey data provided by the Malaysian Department of Statistics is used to provide evidence that the upper tails of the household income distribution follows a fractal based distribution known as power-law. Inequality measures are then applied to ascertain the levels of inequality based on this distribution. In addition to that, we analyzed the data in terms of different classes of occupation, obtained power-law exponents for each class and then highlighted the inequality between these classes.