Stability and Vulnerability of the Latin American Middle Class

Using panel datasets from Mexico and Chile for the 2000s, we examine the determinants of middle-class intra-generational mobility. We define the middle class by means of a latent index of economic wellbeing that is less sensitive to short-term fluctuation

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Torche, Florencia ; Lopez-Calva, Luis F.
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	intra-generational mobility \| middle class \| vulnerability \| longitudinal data

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2012/98
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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