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Chapter 23, Problem 5DQ
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The causes of income inequality.
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Which would be evidence of an increase in income inequality over time in the United
States?
O a decrease in the percentage of total personal income received by the highest quintile
O an increase in the percentage of total personal income received by the highest quintile
O an increase in the percentage of total personal income received by the four lowest quintiles
O an increase in the percentage of total personal income received by the lowest quintile
As income transfer programs accompanying the War on Poverty increased beginning in the latter half of the 1960s, what happened to poverty in the
United States? Check all that apply.
O The adjusted poverty rate has declined rapidly and is now less than half of the official poverty rate.
O The poverty rate declined substantially in the period before the War on Poverty, but not in the period after the start of the War on
Poverty.
O In 2018, the adjusted poverty rate was only 4 percentage points lower than the official rate in 1970.
O The War on Poverty has been largely ineffective in reducing the rate of poverty in the United States.
Wealth, earnings, and disposable income are just three of several ways of looking at inequality. Imagine a household that earns $80,000 per year from labor. In that year, it also receives an income of $3,000 from investments, pays $12,000 in tax, and receives $7,000 in transfers from the state. Which of the following is its market income and its disposable income? O $83,000; $71,000. O $83,000 $78,000. O $80,000; $68,000. O $80,000; $75,000. J
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