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What is the GINI-COEFFICIENT widely used for?

AMeasuring economic growth

BMeasuring income and consumption inequalities

CCalculating national debt

DAssessing market trends

Answer:

B. Measuring income and consumption inequalities

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GINI-COEFFICIENT

  • This is the widely used method to measure income and consumption inequalities.

  • It measures the degree of concentration in the inequality of a variable in a distribution of its elements.

  • It ranges in its limits between 0 and 1 where it assumes the value 'zero' when there is perfect equality in society.


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