 ... 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...  World Development Indicators 2008 - Page 71by World Bank - 2008 - 440 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1996 - 268 pages
...against the cumulative percentage of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz...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... | |
 | 1997 - 286 pages
...received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz...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, 261-62).... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 2000 - 356 pages
...against the cumulative percentage of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz...maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of zero represents perfect equality, and an index of 100 perfect inequality. The World Bank uses a numerical... | |
 | International Labour Office - 2001 - 912 pages
...poorest individual or household. The Gini 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 line. A Gini index of zero represents perfect equality and 100, perfect inequality. For formal definitions... | |
 | International Labour Organisation Staff - 2002 - 932 pages
...poorest individual or household. The Gini 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 line. A Gini index of zero represents perfect equality and 100, perfect inequality. For formal definitions... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1983 - 422 pages
...received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz...implies perfect inequality. • Percentage share of lncome or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or... | |
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