What is the poverty gap of this economy


Assignment:

Consider an economy with 7 households. The three poorest households in this economy have income (and consumption) per day of 0.2$, 0.5$ and 0.5$, respectively. The other four households have income above the poverty line. The poverty line is 1$ per day. What is the poverty gap of this economy?

a) 3/7

b) 0.5

c) 0.25

d) 0.68

e) None of the above.

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