Đo lường bất bình đẳng và lựa chọn tài khóa
Đã giới thiệu| English | Ý nghĩa |
|---|---|
| Gini coefficient/ˈdʒiːni ˌkəʊɪˈfɪʃənt/ | hệ số Gini |
| progressive tax/prəˈɡresɪv tæks/ | thuế lũy tiến |
A decision you can investigate
- Two economies produce the same output, but in one the richest tenth hold half of all income.
- Are they equally well off?
Build the explanation
- The Lorenz curve plots the cumulative share of income against the cumulative share of households, poorest first; the Gini coefficient 基尼系数 is the area between the curve and perfect equality divided by the whole triangle, Gini = A/(A+B), from 0 (perfect equality) to 1.
- A fiscal deficit is one year’s shortfall of revenue against spending, while the national debt is the accumulated stock of past deficits. A progressive tax 累进税 takes a rising share of higher incomes; a regressive tax, like most sales taxes, takes a falling share.
Work through the evidence
- Four people earn 5, 15, 30 and 50 (total 100). Cumulative income shares, poorest first, are 5%, 20%, 50%, 100%: the richest quarter holds 50% and the poorest half just 20%.
- If every income doubles to 10, 30, 60, 100, every share is unchanged, so the Gini is unchanged even though everyone is richer: level and distribution are separate questions.
Bốn người kiếm 5, 15, 30, 50 (tổng 100). Phần trăm thu nhập thuộc về nhóm giàu nhất là bao nhiêu?
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Người kiếm được nhiều nhất nắm giữ 50 trong tổng số 100, do đó nhóm giàu nhất nắm giữ 50% thu nhập.
Test the limits
- Inequality can sharpen incentives and enterprise, but wide gaps cut the poor’s access to education and health and can weaken trust and demand; development may widen gaps before narrowing them.
- The Laffer curve is a hypothesis about shape, since revenue is zero at 0% and at 100%, not a measurement of where any real economy sits; high debt shifts costs to future taxpayers, an intergenerational question.
Nếu mọi mức thu nhập đều tăng gấp đôi, hệ số Gini sẽ giảm.
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Mọi tỷ lệ phần trăm đều không thay đổi khi tất cả thu nhập tăng tỷ lệ; hệ số Gini đo lường phân bố, không phải mức độ.
Tăng trưởng luôn làm giảm độ bất bình đẳng được đo lường.
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Trường hợp nhân đôi cho thấy tăng trưởng có thể không tác động đến phần nào; phân phối cần lập luận riêng.
Apply and explain your answer
- Incomes double from 5, 15, 30, 50 to 10, 30, 60, 100. What happens to the Gini coefficient?
- Nothing: every income doubled, so every share is unchanged; growth without redistribution leaves relative inequality intact.
Thâm hụt được mô tả tốt nhất là…
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Lũy kế là nợ quốc gia; dòng chảy là thâm hụt.
Use the terms precisely
- Gini coefficient: The ratio A/(A+B) from the Lorenz diagram; 0 is perfect equality.
- progressive tax: A tax taking a rising share of income as income rises.
Nối các thuật ngữ với định nghĩa của chúng.
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Sử dụng mỗi thuật ngữ theo mối quan hệ kinh tế đã nêu.
Four people earn 5, 15, 30 and 50 (total 100). Cumulative income shares, poorest first, are 5%, 20%, 50%, 100%: the richest quarter holds 50% and the poorest half just 20%. If every income doubles to 10, 30, 60, 100, every share is unchanged, so the Gini is unchanged even though everyone is richer: level and distribution are separate questions.
Inequality can sharpen incentives and enterprise, but wide gaps cut the poor’s access to education and health and can weaken trust and demand; development may widen gaps before narrowing them. The Laffer curve is a hypothesis about shape, since revenue is zero at 0% and at 100%, not a measurement of where any real economy sits; high debt shifts costs to future taxpayers, an intergenerational question.
The Lorenz curve plots the cumulative share of income against the cumulative share of households, poorest first; the Gini coefficient is the area between the curve and perfect equality divided by the whole triangle, Gini = A/(A+B), from 0 (perfect equality) to 1.