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The Latin American Middle Class: Fragile After All?
Castellani, Francesca; Parent, Gwenn; Zenteno, Jannet - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
with the likelihood of being middle class. The example of Colombia illustrates that, while growing in size, this income …
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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class are contrasted with a self-perceived social status measure … incomes. Mismatches arise because self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal …
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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
definitions of middle-class using data from the 2007 World Gallup Poll. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class … fact that self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal capabilities …
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Intergenerational Mobility, Middle Sectors and Entrepreneurship in Uruguay
Gandelman, Néstor; Robano, Virginia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper estimates the relationship between parents educational attainment and income and children's schooling in …
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Middle-Class Entrepreneurs and Social Mobility through Entrepreneurship in Colombia
Mejia, Paula; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The paper uses microeconomic data to characterize entrepreneurs by income group and selected household, individual and … outcomes. While entrepreneurs appear to have more income mobility than the average worker, this paper cannot establish whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944307
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La clase media en Perú: Cuantificación y evolución reciente
Jaramillo, Fidel; Zambrano, Omar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
En los últimos años, Perú ha sido líder regional en desempeño macroeconómico, mostrando ser una de las economías más dinámicas, en un ambiente caracterizado por la estabilidad fiscal, el equilibrio externo y la baja inflación. El crecimiento económico ha sido alto y sostenido en la...
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Approach Paper: Income Dynamics in LAC: How is IDB Adapting in Higher Middle Income Countries? Title: Documento de enfoque: Dinámica del ingreso en América Latina y el Caribe: ¿Cóm...
Beuermann, Diether; Alonso, Pablo; Conroy, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
of countries with relatively higher income levels and sizeable middle classes. For the purposes of this evaluation, these … countries are labeled as Higher Middle Income Countries (HMIC). The evaluation will focus on how well IDB has adapted to …
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Nutrition, Income Instability and Quality of Life: Determinants and Differential Patterns across Members within the Household
Cárdenas, Mauricio; Maro, Vincenzo Di; Meija, Carolina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper … income instability as measures of deprivation and analyzes their relationship with perceived and objective well-being. First … perceived well-being and income instability. …
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Buenas prácticas en materia de fortalecimiento de la ética y la transparencia y de los sistemas de auditoría interna en las aduanas de la región
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2012
Las aduanas son las primeras y únicas puertas de entrada a un país. Sus funciones engendran por si mismas un monopolio de poder, ya que tienen la autoridad absoluta para permitir o no la entrada de todas las personas y los bienes a un país. Las aduanas son tan importantes que juegan un papel...
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Does Participatory Budgeting have an Effect on the Quality of Public Services?: The Case of Peru's Water and Sanitation Sector
Jaramillo, Miguel; Alcázar, Lorena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Since 2004 the government of Peru has implemented a process of participatory budgeting (PB), which is mandatory for every sub-national government. We analyze the link from PB to coverage and water service quality indicators. We find no statistically significant relationship between PB and our...
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