In the ‘Economics in the real world’ column on pages 12–15, Paul Turner discusses how to measure inequality. Elsewhere (see pages 18–21), I discuss some data relating to less-developed countries. But how would you put this into practice in an exam context? I will use a question set in an exam in June 2016 to illustrate some of the issues that could arise.
Between 1986 and 2010, income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, increased from 0.21 to 0.26 in Sweden, from 0.25 to 0.3 in Germany, and from 0.37 to 0.41 in the USA.
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