Refer to the Figure, Which Shows Four Different Lorenz Curves

question 109

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure, which shows four different Lorenz curves (I, II, III, and IV) . The movement from point b to point a in the graph would indicate that the

• A)lower 40 percent of households increased their share of total income from 25 percent to 40 percent.
• B)lower 40 percent of households decreased their share of total income from 60 percent to 40 percent.
• C)lower 60 percent of households decreased their share of total income from 40 percent to 25 percent.
• D)lower 40 percent of households increased their share of total income from 40 percent to 60 percent.

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