This explanation is really good and straight forward, you really know how to explain and teach complicated material to someone new to economics!! Thanks!!
I love your videos so much they really do help...always watch them when I need a quick simple reminder, even now doing degree level economics. Keep up the good work pal!
Thanks very much. I have admired this lecturer's grasp of the material and his superior ability to pass it on, especially to me who usually finds Economics very beautiful but equally hard. Excellent lecturer. Thanks again for sharing. Much obliged.
Spectacular! I just cam across gini in my data mining work and have been looking around online. Trying to understand it by reading about it is quite difficult, but it makes great sense when you explain it. Thanks for posting such a clear description.
If you call the area below the lorenz curve 'b', then the formula for the gini coeficient is: a / (a+b). Note this is actualy for the IB syllabus but I thought its an easier way to remember the formula. Anyways thank you for the video it did explain everything very well =).
Hi Phil ,I am in Indonesia and teaching economics. thank you so much for all of your videos on economics , all are helpful. Can we have few on developing countries.Thanx
Second comment: I wish that the Gini coefficient would come up in American presidential debates! We should set a Gini target of 0.40, which would be almost as equal as we were before the Reagan administration (I believe the current Gini is around 0.47).
the perfect diagonal curve shows the share of income between a perfectly equal society/economy. I.e. Each 20% earn 20% of income. A highly unrealistic idea which would need a perfectly competitive labour market. However, a good concept to make comparisons with, to emphasise how unequal some economies are.
Hey dude, thanks for all your awesome videos! Just a quick thing regarding the pronunciation of 'Gini' though. Since he is Italian, to be pronounced with a hard G as you do, his name would have to be spelled 'Ghini'. Since there is no H, 'Gini' is pronounced with a soft G, as in 'giant'. Just a minor thing, but keep up the good work!
Where do I get the latest Gini Coefficient? Christ I've been looking for the past hour it seems there is always only one country shown, is there a way to get all the countries gini and years?
Thank you for explaining the concept of the curve nicely. I have one query that is it possible to have curve above the 45 degree or line of equality? If it is possible then how we can interpret it?
what does the Lorenz Curve (a) and (b) shows about the distribution of household income among the top 20% of the households and the lowest 20% of households?
Teame Gebremedhin if by deviation you mean the gini coefficient then its the area in between the curve and the line of 45 deg DIVIDED by the whole triangle (the area under the line of 45 deg) if that makes sense :)
I have one question here... as the main criticism of the gini index is the use of gross income, then why isn't it based on net income? And isn't there a model that includes transfer payments, too?
So the Lorenz curve showing the production rate wrt the Economic growth may be a high factor in these countrys qualitative analysis of residual developmemt.
80/20 is not a rule in a sense that it is not what must happen. It just states that 80% of income goes to the top 20%. a coefficient of 0 would not be practical but you have to understand that the aim of the gini coefficient isn't to promote perfect equality. It is to measure the distribution of income. governments use it to analyze where income is going and to redistribute income to how they see fit.
can anyone help on how to do a lorenz curve for age inequality?? in step by step instructions? i can only find about income inequality and i don't know what data to select instead for age
Thanks, nice presentation. There is something odd about this measurement ... I'd like to see someone do a video like this with several example populations to show how this works ... say, 100 people where all have equal income, or where 1 person has all the income - show me where these people are, because thought I understand the math and enjoyed the presentation, something is not right in this.
If the poorest 20% gets like 5% of the national income, does that mean that 20% of the total households get a share of 5% of national income between them? Or 20% of the total households get 5% of the national income each? And um if 5% of the national income is already taken up by 20% of the population how can it still be included in the 75% recieved by 80% of the population? ( Not sure if I remembered the figures correctly) I know its something to do with how the figures are cumulative... Sorry if I'm confusing anyone because I am confused myself. Don't know if I'm overthinking it but if someone could explain these questions to me I would greatly appreciate it! >
Beatrice Angkana Chawalitnititham If 20% of the poorest attain 5% of the nations income they receive a divided amount of 5% between themselves. For example if that 5% is say 5 billion then that 20% gets a share of that 5 billion they do not get 5 billion each. to answer your second question picture a circle pie, if you eat 1/4 of the pie put it in the fridge and then eat another 1/4 you have not only eaten 1/4 but 1/2. This is the same principle, 20% of the population can still be counted towards 80% if the population however the amount that each quartile receives is divided accordingly. For example say you have the pie again, you have your self and 3 other friends so 4 people in total. You divide the pie into segments, one friend gets 10% another 20% another 30% and the final person (you) gets 50%. At the end of the day their is still 100% if the pie it is just broken up. hope this helps best of luck
Could anyone explain how to calculate this god damn A area? I am looking for that video, but everyone only trow that crap like A divided A+B, great how do I calculate the A first? It is not a Triangle, since the kurve is bent.
watch jodiecongirl! she said since we dont know the equation of LorenzCurve , we cant calculate those areas. so most likely those areas would be given to us.
nikolai zaicev if you had the two equations you could take the integral of both and subtract them, but I doubt they would make you do calculus on a microeconomics test. They would probably provide you with the area.
If in a society, half population earns 100 dollars per day and the other half earns 200$ per day, the Gini's Coeff of inequality for this society will be what??? Please help
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I love that he didn't edit out the part where he messed up, great work m8 from the U S of A
Great video! Thank you for making it so much clearer than the textbooks do.
This explanation is really good and straight forward, you really know how to explain and teach complicated material to someone new to economics!! Thanks!!
I love your videos so much they really do help...always watch them when I need a quick simple reminder, even now doing degree level economics.
Keep up the good work pal!
Thanks very much. I have admired this lecturer's grasp of the material and his superior ability to pass it on, especially to me who usually finds Economics very beautiful but equally hard. Excellent lecturer. Thanks again for sharing. Much obliged.
Spectacular! I just cam across gini in my data mining work and have been looking around online. Trying to understand it by reading about it is quite difficult, but it makes great sense when you explain it. Thanks for posting such a clear description.
Great explanation of the Lorenz Curve and the Gini Coffecient. Thank you for the explanation!
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If you call the area below the lorenz curve 'b', then the formula for the gini coeficient is: a / (a+b). Note this is actualy for the IB syllabus but I thought its an easier way to remember the formula.
Anyways thank you for the video it did explain everything very well =).
Hi Phil ,I am in Indonesia and teaching economics. thank you so much for all of your videos on economics , all are helpful. Can we have few on developing countries.Thanx
So easy to follow and I now get it! Thanx so much!
thank you so much for this! Explained very well.
Thanks, I am learning though distance education with no teacher and your videos are invaluable to me. from Australia. =DD.
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Second comment: I wish that the Gini coefficient would come up in American presidential debates! We should set a Gini target of 0.40, which would be almost as equal as we were before the Reagan administration (I believe the current Gini is around 0.47).
the perfect diagonal curve shows the share of income between a perfectly equal society/economy.
I.e. Each 20% earn 20% of income.
A highly unrealistic idea which would need a perfectly competitive labour market. However, a good concept to make comparisons with, to emphasise how unequal some economies are.
Thanks Phil. Great video, very clear and helpful.
Thanks for the video. Great explanation.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Pretty simple and clear explanation.
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Great video
Thanks this helps! Clear presentation of the concept :)
Hey dude, thanks for all your awesome videos! Just a quick thing regarding the pronunciation of 'Gini' though. Since he is Italian, to be pronounced with a hard G as you do, his name would have to be spelled 'Ghini'. Since there is no H, 'Gini' is pronounced with a soft G, as in 'giant'. Just a minor thing, but keep up the good work!
Thanks! That really helped to understand it better!
Nice video easy to understand
thanks for your explanation, this is really helpful! :) I hope that you could do more..
Great job!
Great video! However how do you calculate the area between the 45 Degree line and the LC ?
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Where do I get the latest Gini Coefficient? Christ I've been looking for the past hour it seems there is always only one country shown, is there a way to get all the countries gini and years?
this has helped me soo much!! THANKS :D
Thank you so much for this really informing Video :)
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Thank you for explaining the concept of the curve nicely. I have one query that is it possible to have curve above the 45 degree or line of equality? If it is possible then how we can interpret it?
With LSE? I'm doing my Economics degree with London via independent study. It's tough but worth the effort. Good luck mate.
what does the Lorenz Curve (a) and (b) shows about the distribution of household income among the top 20% of the households and the lowest 20% of households?
Very useful. Thank you!
Thank you sooo much for the explanation
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so what would be the role of the diagonal in the depiction of income inequaliity?
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Thank you very much!
very helpful thank you..
Thank you for your outstanding presentation.But how do we measure the deviation of loren's curve from the 45 deg?
Teame Gebremedhin if by deviation you mean the gini coefficient then its the area in between the curve and the line of 45 deg DIVIDED by the whole triangle (the area under the line of 45 deg) if that makes sense :)
Came back to this after some time
I have one question here... as the main criticism of the gini index is the use of gross income, then why isn't it based on net income? And isn't there a model that includes transfer payments, too?
So the Lorenz curve showing the production rate wrt the Economic growth may be a high factor in these countrys qualitative analysis of residual developmemt.
thanks, it helped a lot!
Very helpful
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Thank you, Sir!
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Thank you sooo much!
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Does the mechanism work the other way around, in terms of economic growth. The question being: Can a very non equal country expect larger growth?
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very helpful
Why does the lorenz curve can not lie above the diagonal (45 degrees) line?
+Dimitar Ivanov the bottom 20% can't have more income than anyone else
thanks. that was great!
80/20 is not a rule in a sense that it is not what must happen. It just states that 80% of income goes to the top 20%. a coefficient of 0 would not be practical but you have to understand that the aim of the gini coefficient isn't to promote perfect equality. It is to measure the distribution of income. governments use it to analyze where income is going and to redistribute income to how they see fit.
thank you so much!
The craziest part is, my name is Gini. And I was not impressed with the fact that I didn't even understand my own coefficient.
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can anyone help on how to do a lorenz curve for age inequality?? in step by step instructions? i can only find about income inequality and i don't know what data to select instead for age
if you search in wikipedia, it's awful describtion and it is messed up
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Thanks, nice presentation.
There is something odd about this measurement ... I'd like to see someone do a video like this with several example populations to show how this works ... say, 100 people where all have equal income, or where 1 person has all the income - show me where these people are, because thought I understand the math and enjoyed the presentation, something is not right in this.
Thanks :)
thanks
If the poorest 20% gets like 5% of the national income, does that mean that 20% of the total households get a share of 5% of national income between them? Or 20% of the total households get 5% of the national income each? And um if 5% of the national income is already taken up by 20% of the population how can it still be included in the 75% recieved by 80% of the population? ( Not sure if I remembered the figures correctly) I know its something to do with how the figures are cumulative...
Sorry if I'm confusing anyone because I am confused myself. Don't know if I'm overthinking it but if someone could explain these questions to me I would greatly appreciate it! >
Beatrice Angkana Chawalitnititham
If 20% of the poorest attain 5% of the nations income they receive a divided amount of 5% between themselves. For example if that 5% is say 5 billion then that 20% gets a share of that 5 billion they do not get 5 billion each.
to answer your second question picture a circle pie, if you eat 1/4 of the pie put it in the fridge and then eat another 1/4 you have not only eaten 1/4 but 1/2. This is the same principle, 20% of the population can still be counted towards 80% if the population however the amount that each quartile receives is divided accordingly. For example say you have the pie again, you have your self and 3 other friends so 4 people in total. You divide the pie into segments, one friend gets 10% another 20% another 30% and the final person (you) gets 50%. At the end of the day their is still 100% if the pie it is just broken up.
hope this helps best of luck
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Could anyone explain how to calculate this god damn A area? I am looking for that video, but everyone only trow that crap like A divided A+B, great how do I calculate the A first? It is not a Triangle, since the kurve is bent.
watch jodiecongirl! she said since we dont know the equation of LorenzCurve , we cant calculate those areas. so most likely those areas would be given to us.
nikolai zaicev if you had the two equations you could take the integral of both and subtract them, but I doubt they would make you do calculus on a microeconomics test. They would probably provide you with the area.
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If in a society, half population earns 100 dollars per day and the other half earns 200$ per day, the Gini's Coeff of inequality for this society will be what??? Please help
and thats why you're watching economic instructors online.