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Lorenz Curve

A graph showing what percentage of a population possesses a certain percentage of a thing. For example, a Lorenz curve may show that the top five percent of the people in a country control 40% of the wealth. While it may be used in ecology as well as some other fields, it is frequently used in economics to represent social inequality. It was developed in 1905.

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No references found			These results are illustrated by Lorenz curves and underpinned by developments in functional income distribution. Income distribution and convergence in the transition process--a ... by Holscher, Jens / Comparative Economic Studies 2] under the assumptions of parameterized Lorenz curves of types Beta and Generalized Quadratic. Defining poverty lines as a fraction of central tendency by Muller, Christophe / Southern Economic Journal These changes were accounted for in compiling the income and household quintiles used in this article, so that the comparability of the Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients that were calculated remained unaffected. Income distribution of older Americans by Rubin, Rose M.; White-Means, Shelley I.; Daniel, Luojia Mao / Monthly Labor Review			Long-Term Rate Risk Long-Term Trend Long-Term Unemployed Long-Term Unemployment Longevity Insurance Longevity Pay Longevity Risk Longo prazo Longshoreman Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Act Liability Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Endorsement Look Look Thru Look-Thru Lookback Call Option Lookback Option Lookback Put Option Looking For Lookup Loonie Loophole Loose Credit Loose Rein Loose Rendering Lorenz Curve Lorenz curves Loser Losing the Points Losing Your Shirt Loss Loss Adjuster Loss Avoidance Loss Carry-Back Loss Exposure loss factor Loss Leader Strategy loss payee Loss Ratio Loss Reduction Loss Run Loss-Control Activities Loss-of-Income Insurance Losses Outstanding Losses Paid Lost Card lost-grant doctrine Lot Lot Line lot, block, and subdivision Lote completo Lote impar			Lorentz-Boltzmann equation Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction hypothesis Lorentz-force density Lorentz-Heaviside system Lorentz-Invariant Phase-Space Measure Lorentz-Lorenz equation Lorentz-Lorenz formula Lorentz-Lorenz molar refraction Lorentz-Maxwell Equations Lorentzian Lorentzian distribution Lorentzian function Lorentzian lineshape Lorentzian relativity Lorentzian relativity Lorentzian wormhole Lorentzian wormhole Lorenz Lorenz Lorenz attractor Lorenz attractors Lorenz butterfly Lorenz cipher Lorenz cipher Lorenz contraction Lorenz contraction Lorenz curve Lorenz curve Lorenz curves Lorenz Diagram Lorenz Diagram Lorenz equation Lorenz equations Lorenz force Lorenz force Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart Lorenz Ockenfuss Lorenz Ockenfuss Lorenz Oken Lorenz Oken Lorenz Okenfuss Lorenz system Lorenz transformations Lorenz transformations Lorenz's attractor Lorenz's operation Lorenz's operation Lorenz's operation Lorenz's operation Lorenz, Edward Lorenz, Edward N. Lorenz, Konrad Lorenz, Konrad Lorenz, Konrad (Zacharias) Lorenz, Konrad (Zacharias) Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias Lorenz-Mie

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Lorenz Curve (redirected from Lorenz curves)

Lorenz Curve
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