Stability and Vulnerability of the Latin American Middle Class

Using panel data-sets from Mexico and Chile for the first years of the 21st century, the authors examine the determinants of middle-class intra-generational mobility. The middle class is defined by means of a latent index of economic well-being that is less sensitive to short-term fluctuation and me...

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Main Authors: Torche, Florencia, Lopez-Calva, Luis F.
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16193