from 2006 to 2021. The study also aims to answer the related question of whether the middle class is becoming smaller … distribution; the size of the middle class; the share of national income received by different income groups; and poverty rates and … across the Member States, trends are much more mixed at Member State level, while the size of the middle class has shrunk in …

Soviet Union (FSU) states as a pillar of the new middle-class stratum. This study explored middle-class entrepreneurship from … subsistence, not as a means of advancement in the social stratum. In general, an entrepreneur of the middle class in the new … economies of the post-Soviet space does not demonstrate a high level of entrepreneurial activity and, as a pillar of the middle-class …