If the income distribution were perfectly equal, all quintiles of the household distribution of income would receive 20% of aggregate income.

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In a perfectly equal income distribution, income is evenly distributed across all segments of the population, meaning each quintile (or 20% segment) of households would indeed receive 20% of the total aggregate income.

If the Income Distribution Were Perfectly Equal, All Quintiles of the Household