Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each measurement tool to what it reveals.
- Lorenz curve
- Gini coefficient
- Mobility table
- Odds ratio
- The whole income distribution as one sagging line
- How much origins multiply destination chances
- Parents’ class crossed with children’s class
- The sag compressed into a 0-to-1 number
Hints
- Two tools measure a single moment; two measure across generations.
- One reduces the whole distribution to a single number.
Show the answer
- Lorenz curve → The whole income distribution as one sagging line
- Gini coefficient → The sag compressed into a 0-to-1 number
- Mobility table → Parents’ class crossed with children’s class
- Odds ratio → How much origins multiply destination chances
Why
Two instruments for inequality at a moment, two for stickiness across generations, together they diagnose a society’s ladder.
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