This blog is a map catalog in which I am displaying fifty different types of maps and a tid-bit of information that looks into the purpose of the map!

Accumulative Line Graph or Lorenz Curve

Lorenz curves actually haunt me in my sleep at times as an Economics major. They are most often used to determine the measure the inequality of a population based on the income of the population. They can be used to derive important figures to the study of economics such as the Gini coeffecient (seen below).






Found - http://450.aers.psu.edu/images/gini.gif

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