What Does the Gini Coefficient Measure

question 6

Multiple Choice

What does the Gini coefficient measure?

• A) the rate of growth of income inequality over time
• B) the degree of inequality in an income distribution
• C) the correlation coefficient between income and education
• D) the covariance of income and education
• E) the degree of tax incidence paid by poor workers

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