Question

The Lorenz Curve is:______.a) A curve that shows the percentage of total household incomes received successively larger fractions of the population, starting with the poorest group.b) A curve that shows the area between the Gini Curve and line OE, divided by OEZ.c) Both A and Bd) Neither A nor B

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A. The Lorenz Curve is a curve that shows the percentage of total household incomes received successively larger fractions of the population, starting with the poorest group.

Explanation:

The Lorenz curve represents the relationship between the cumulative percentage of the population size and the cumulative percentage of the income of the same population.  

A Lorenz curve is a graph in which income is cumulatively plotted against the population. A given point on the vertical axis represents the sum of all incomes up to a certain level. The point on the curve to the right of it corresponds to the number of people who have an income up to that level.

The curve always runs lower, which means that at any given point on the curve, the percentage of total national income is lower than the percentage of people who have an income up to that level. On such a curve we can read, for example, that 25% of the income collectors together own 8% of the total income.