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Measuring Income Distribution

Measuring Income Distribution

Lorenz curve showing cumulative household and income shares, the line of perfect equality, and areas A and B used to calculate the Gini coefficient

Income distribution describes how a country's total income is shared across its population. Economists use the Lorenz curve to display the distribution and the Gini coefficient to summarize it with one number.

11.4.2 income distribution Lesson

  1. Intl A Level
  2. /Economics
  3. /11.4.2 income distribution

Step-by-step lessons on CIE Intl A Level Economics 11.4.2 income distribution. Each one builds up to exam-style questions.

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