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Income Distribution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Goal of equity in income distribution | ensures incomes earned and received by Australian are sufficient enough to have a dignified standard of living and that there are no individuals or households in Australia experiencing absolute poverty, |
| Lorenz Curve | represent graphically the share of total income for a percentage of income recipients. The greater the deviation of the Lorenz curve from the line of total equity, the greater the level of inequity. |
| Gini Coefficient | is used to measure the degree of equity in the distribution of income. It is a measure of the area on the Lorenz diagram between the line of total equity and the Lorenz curve. The lower the Gini coefficient, the more equality is represented, |
| Poverty line | represents a measure where people with incomes that fall below this benchmark would be living with material deprivation. |