Universal patterns of inequality

被引:88
作者
Banerjee, Anand [1 ]
Yakovenko, Victor M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
来源
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2010年 / 12卷
关键词
STATISTICAL-MECHANICS; INCOME; WEALTH; MONEY; FLUCTUATIONS; GROWTH; USA;
D O I
10.1088/1367-2630/12/7/075032
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Probability distributions of money, income and energy consumption per capita are studied for ensembles of economic agents. The principle of entropy maximization for partitioning of a limited resource gives exponential distributions for the investigated variables. A non-equilibrium difference of money temperatures between different systems generates net fluxes of money and population. To describe income distribution, a stochastic process with additive and multiplicative components is introduced. The resultant distribution interpolates between exponential at the low end and power law at the high end, in agreement with the empirical data for the USA. We show that the increase in income inequality in the USA originates primarily from the increase in the income fraction going to the upper tail, which now exceeds 20% of the total income. Analyzing the data from the World Resources Institute, we find that the distribution of energy consumption per capita around the world can be approximately described by the exponential function. Comparing the data for 1990, 2000 and 2005, we discuss the effect of globalization on the inequality of energy consumption.
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