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Lorenz Curve

The Lorenz curve is a graphical device that displays the full shape of inequality in a distribution by plotting the cumulative share of a quantity (such as income) held by the cumulative share of the population, ranked from poorest to richest. Introduced by Max Lorenz in 1905, it underlies the Gini coefficient and provides the basis for ranking distributions by inequality when one curve lies entirely above another.

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Lorenz Curve of Distributional Concentration
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / sociology
  • Lorenz, M. O. (1905). Methods of measuring the concentration of wealth. Publications of the American Statistical Association, 9(70), 209–219. · DOI 10.2307/2276207
  • Atkinson, A. B. (1970). On the measurement of inequality. Journal of Economic Theory, 2(3), 244–263. · DOI 10.1016/0022-0531(70)90039-6
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Taxonomic bucketAtkinson Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketGini Coefficientmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyIndex of Dissimilaritymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPalma Ratiomachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyTheil Segregation Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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