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Desigualdad y leyes de potencia

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  • Jorge Gallego
  • Yalila Aljure Jiménez

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Por lo menos desde los tiempos de Pareto (1897) se reconoce que una pequena fracción de la población controla una gran proporción del ingreso total de una sociedad. Para algunos, la distribución del ingreso es quizás el primer ejemplo de una ley de potencia, regla empírica bajo la cual una variable aleatoria alcanza valores altos con una probabilidad baja, y valores bajos con una alta probabilidad. En este artículo verificamos si la distribución del ingreso de los colombianos más ricos se ajusta a una ley de potencia. Además, basados en el proceso de Yule (1925), y en general, en la teoría de los procesos estocásticos, presentamos un modelo teórico cuyo objetivo es explicar por qué el ingreso se distribuye de acuerdo a una ley de potencia. La esencia del modelo es que la riqueza presenta un efecto acumulativo tal que a mayor nivel de ingreso, mayor probabilidad de incrementarlo..

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  • Jorge Gallego & Yalila Aljure Jiménez, 2008. "Desigualdad y leyes de potencia," Documentos de Economía 5011, Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000108:005011
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    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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