A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class

Measurement of the middle class has recently come to the center of policy debate in middle-income countries as they search for the potential engines of growth and good governance. This debate assumes, first, that there is a meaningful definition of...

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Main Authors:	Lopez-Calva, Luis F., Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ABSOLUTE TERMS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS CAPITA EXPENDITURE CARIBBEAN REGION CENTRAL REGION CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DAILY INCOME DATA QUALITY DECLINING INEQUALITY DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION EMPIRICAL WORK FARMER FARMERS GROUP MEANS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD STRATEGIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME EQUATION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME QUINTILES INCOME RISK INCOME SHARE INCOMES INEQUALITY INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE LABOR MARKET LINEAR MODEL LINEAR REGRESSION LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOGARITHMIC SCALE LONGITUDINAL DATA MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEDIAN INCOME MEDIAN POVERTY METROPOLITAN REGION MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE CLASS CONSENSUS MINIMUM LEVEL NEGATIVE SHOCKS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR POPULATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC INTERVENTION REGIONAL LEVELS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENCE SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SKILLED WORKERS SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
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A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class

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