Mind Maps have been produced to introduce topics and give students an overview of key topics being studied. This mind map introduces Income and Wealth Distribution.

Income and Wealth Distribution - Mind Map

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• Poverty
  
  • Relative Poverty
  • Absolute Poverty
  • Poverty Trap
• Measurements
  
  • Lorenz Curve
  • Gini Coefficient
• Wealth
  
  • Stock
  • Size
  • Types of Asset
    
    • Shares
    • Houses
    • Bank deposits
    • Land
  • Geographical area
  • Age
  • Gender
• Income Distribution
  
  • Flow
  • Individual
  • Household
  • Factors of Production
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Ethnic group
  • Disposable Income
• Redistribution of Income
  
  • Taxation
    
    • Costs
      
      • Market Distortion
      • Administrative Costs
      • Incentives
    • Benefits
  • Subsidies
  • Legislation
    
    • Minimum Wage
    • Discrimination
    • Regulation
  • State Benefits
  • Structural and social change
• Equity
  
  • Fairness
  • Social Justice
  • Equality of Distribution
  • Causes of Inequality
    
    • Individual
      
      • Ownership of resources
      • Qualifications
      • Motivation
      • Skills
      • Ability
      • Family size
    • National
      
      • Factor endowments
      • Size and quality of labour force
      • Climate
      • Stage of economic development
      • Economic Power