Search Results - subject:"middle class"

"You can't always get what you want" : middle-class expectations and incomplete social contracts in the Global South

Rougier, Eric; Clément, Matthieu; Combarnous, François; … - In: Kyklos : international review for social sciences 78 (2025) 4, pp. 1463-1478

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Hit the road Juan : welfare and labor market effects of high-quality roads in Ecuador

Bolivar, Osmar; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Balthrop, … - 2026

Road infrastructure boosts economic opportunities and thus contributes to poverty alleviation. This paper investigates the causal impact of paved primary roads on poverty and income mobility in Ecuador, with particular attention to the mechanisms through which these effects materialize....

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Exploring Africa's heterogenous middle class' brand behaviour in the new digital age : practical insights from a multiple country study

Chikweche, Tendai; Lappeman, James; Mohammed, Hossain; … - In: Journal of international consumer marketing 37 (2025) 1, pp. 55-71

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The middle class and vulnerability to income poverty : implications for social protection in the Philippines

Cabalfin, Deanne Lorraine D.; Albert, Jose Ramon; … - 2026

The Philippines aspires to become a predominantly middle-class society by 2040. Significant strides have been achieved …

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The anxious middle class : risk of downward mobility and support for radical right parties across Western Europe

Derndorfer, Judith - In: Review of income and wealth 71 (2025) 1, pp. 1-38

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Artificial intelligence, the collapse of consumer society, and oligarchy

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2025

concerns over a diminishing middle class and the viability of mass consumption society. This study proposes a model with non … sustain a middle class and necessity producers inclined to support AI-driven automation under minimal redistribution. The …

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