One way to evaluate this is by calculating the reduction in poverty for every percentage point increase in per capita income -- in economists' lingo, the income elasticity of poverty reduction.

通过计算人均收入每上升一个百分点贫困下降的多少，来评估是一个方法，这在经济学的术语中叫贫困减少的收入弹性。

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Income elasticity of housing demand is an important index reflecting the characteristics of housing demand.

住房需求的收入弹性是描述居民住房需求特征的重要指标。

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Income elasticity — Measures the percentage change in demand for commodities or services in response to a 1% change in income.

收入弹性——测量在收入变化1%后，商品或服务中所反应的需求百分比变化。

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Krugman and Krueger cite that there is a negative relationship between social mobility and inequality based on intergenerational elasticity of income.

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Their central estimate is that the taxable income elasticity for this group is 0.46, which implies a revenue-maximizing tax rate on earned income of 56%.29 This in turn (accounting for NICs and indirect taxes) corresponds to an income tax rate of 40%.

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Crowdsourcing has the potential to enable a new elasticity in the use of labor but it also has the capacity to drive income through the floor.

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