1. PowerPoint Exhibit Slides to Accompany Principles of Economics
Fred M. Gottheil
Chapter 18
INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND POVERTY

2. EXHIBIT 1 LORENZ CURVES FOR THE COM- MUNITIES OF WASHTENAU, SPRINGFIELD, AND HOLMES
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3. EXHIBIT 2. LORENZ CURVES FOR SWEDEN, FRANCE,
EXHIBIT 2 LORENZ CURVES FOR SWEDEN, FRANCE, BRAZIL, AND THE UNITED STATES
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4. EXHIBIT 3 THE GINI COEFFICIENT
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5. EXHIBIT 4. SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME
EXHIBIT 4 SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME RECEIVED BY HOUSEHOLDS, BY QUINTILE AND TOP 5 PERCENT, AND GINI COEFFICIENT: 1970–99
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Money Income in the United States: 1995, Current Population Reports, P (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996); and U.S. Bureau of the Census, Money Income in the United States: 1999, Current Population Reports, P (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999).
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6. EXHIBIT 5 PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN HOUSEHOLD GINI COEFFICIENT: 1967–99
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, March 1999.
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7. EXHIBIT 6. INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN THE MID-1980s,
EXHIBIT 6 INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN THE MID-1980s, SELECTED COUNTRIES, BY QUINTILE
Source: European Economy: 1996 Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, no. 62 (Brussels, 1996), and World Development Report, 1996 (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1996).
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8. EXHIBIT 7 INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN LESS-DEVELOPED ECONOMIES, BY QUINTILE
Source: World Development Report, 1996 (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1996). The footnote to the table in the report reads: “These estimates should be treated with caution.”
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9. EXHIBIT 8 DISTRIBUTION OF NET WEALTH OF U.S. FAMILIES (1774 AND 1973)
Source: Jones, A. H., Wealth of a Nation to Be—The American Colonies on the Eve of Revolution (New York: Columbia University Press, 1980); and Greenwood, D., “An Estimation of U.S. Family Wealth and Its Distribution from Macro Data, 1973,” The Review of Income and Wealth, Series 29, I, March 1983, pp. 23–44.
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10. EXHIBIT 9 EQUALITY AND MAXIMUM UTILITY
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11. EXHIBIT 10 EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON NATIONAL INCOME
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12. EXHIBIT 11 INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
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13. EXHIBIT 12. PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS BELOW THE
EXHIBIT 12 PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL, BY RACE,
NA = not available
* Refers to data for 1959
Source: Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1999 (Washington, D.C.; Department of Commerce, 1999), p. 483.
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14. EXHIBIT 13 FAMILIES IN POVERTY, BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS: 1997
* Refers to 1992
† Refers to 1994
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1999 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Commerce, 1999), p. 484.
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15. EXHIBIT 14. CASH AND NONCASH BENEFITS FOR
EXHIBIT 14 CASH AND NONCASH BENEFITS FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED INCOME: 1996
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1999 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Commerce, 1999), p. 389.
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16. EXHIBIT 15. POPULATION BELOW 50 PERCENT OF
EXHIBIT 15 POPULATION BELOW 50 PERCENT OF MEDIAN INCOME (LATEST OECD DATA)
Source: OECD Economic Surveys, Germany, 1996 (Paris: OECD, 1996), P. 90.
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17. EXHIBIT 16 THE NEGATIVE INCOME TAX APPLIED (TAX = 50%)
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