Arbeitspapier
Measuring the middle class in middle income countries
This research aims to compare different methods of measuring the middle class in middle-income countries. I compare income-based measures to socio-economic measures, using both per capita and equivalized incomes. First I calculate the size of the middle class using the different measures in six countries: India, South Africa, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. Next I explore whether a socio-economic measure of the middle class is significantly correlated with the income-based measure. I examine the differences across the measures and suggest that per-capita, income-based measures commonly used by international development institutions such as the World Bank, may be insufficient for meaningfully identifying the middle class in middle-income countries. Instead I advocate for the adoption of a hybrid measure, which uses absolute, equivalized income, education and occupation to assign households middle class status in middle-income countries.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: LIS Working Paper Series ; No. 611
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Rasch, Rebecca
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
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Luxembourg
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Rasch, Rebecca
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
Entstanden
- 2014
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