Household income data, by quintile, for Sweden and South Africa are given in the following table. There

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Household income data, by quintile, for Sweden and South Africa are given in the following table. There is also Gini coefficient data. image text in transcribed

a) On one graph, plot accurate Lorenz curves for both countries.

b) Comment on the difference in the distribution of income between the two countries.

c) Using the values for the Gini coefficients given in the last row, comment on the relationship between the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient.

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Economics Course Book 2020

ISBN: 9781382004961

2020 Edition

Authors: Jocelyn Blink, Ian Dorton

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