What does the Lorenz curve show?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. How income or wealth is spread, with a straight line standing for perfect equality
- Step 1: The Lorenz curve is used to measure inequality. Step 2. It plots cumulative shares of income against cumulative shares of the population. Answer: the distribution of income or wealth. Why not the others: The other relationships are shown by different curves.
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