The Gini coefficient is ?

Income Inequality 16/05/2020

A. the ratio of the percentage of total income received by the top 20% of families to the percentage of total income received by by the bottom 20% of families
B. the most common way of representing the income distribution graphically
C. a commonly used measure of the degree of inequality in an income distribution
D. a commonly used measure of the degree of inequity in an income distribution

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