As the area between the Lorenz curve and diagonal gets larger, the Gini ratio:

A. Rises to reflect greater equality

B. Rises to reflect greater inequality

C. Falls to reflect greater inequality

D. Falls to reflect greater equality


B. Rises to reflect greater inequality

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