 ... among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual...  Attacking Poverty - Page 3312000 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1996 - 268 pages
...measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditures) among individuals or households within an economy...maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of zero presents perfect equality while an index of 100 percent implies maximum inequality. The World Bank... | |
 | 1997 - 286 pages
...Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual...curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, and is expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of zero represents... | |
 | 1998 - 268 pages
...percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz...as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. As defined here a Gini index of zero would represent perfect equality, and an index of 100 would imply... | |
 | Yogesh Atal - 1999 - 272 pages
...against the cumulative percentages of recipients, starting with the poorest. The Gini index measure the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical...maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of "0" shows perfect equality and an index of 100 represents maximum inequality. (See World Bank 1997,... | |
 | Shahid Yusuf - 1999 - 317 pages
...Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve (described in the technical note to table 4) and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed...as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. As defined here, a Gini index of zero would represent perfect equality, and an index of 100 would imply... | |
 | International Labour Office - 2001 - 912 pages
...curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative percentages of recipients, starting with the poorest individual...index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and the hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the... | |
 | International Labour Organisation Staff - 2002 - 932 pages
...curve piots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative percentages of recipients, starting with the poorest individual...index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and the hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the... | |
 | Delbert C. Miller, Neil J. Salkind - 2002 - 812 pages
...household. The Gini index measures the area hetween the Lorenz curee and a hypothetical line of ahsolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Gross national prodoct (GNPl (growthl: Annual growth rate of GNP at market prices hased on constant... | |
 | Zmarak Shalizi - 2003 - 276 pages
...Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual...a Gini index of zero represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality. Percentage share of income or consumption is the... | |
 | 1983 - 422 pages
...Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual...maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality. • Percentage share... | |
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