A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class

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
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111207160021
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3669

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