Description: Is There Such Thing As Middle Class Values? Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America

Is There Such Thing As Middle Class Values? Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America

Middle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. This paper investigates the relation between class (measured by position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values...

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Main Authors:	Lopez-Calva, Luis F., Rigolini, Jamele, Torche, Florencia
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ALIENATION ASSETS AVERAGE INCOME CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COUNTRY DUMMIES COUNTRY EFFECTS DATA SET DATA SETS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DRIVERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL MODEL EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNICITY EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FISCAL POLICY FREE MARKETS FRIENDS GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH POLICIES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEASURES INCOMES INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOUR LABOUR SUPPLY LOG INCOME LOWER CLASS M1 M2 M3 MARKET ECONOMY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE CLASSES NATIONAL ECONOMY NEGATIVE CORRELATION OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OCCUPATIONS PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVEL PERMANENT INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC SERVICES REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE POSITION SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL CLASSES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RELATIONS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETY SOCIOLOGY TAXATION UPPER CLASS UPPER CLASSES VULNERABILITY WEALTH
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111108082238 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3641

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Summary:	Middle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. This paper investigates the relation between class (measured by position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American countries. The analysis finds that both a continuous measure of income and categorical measures of income-based class are robustly associated with values. Both income and class tend to display a similar association to values and political orientations as education, although differences persist in some important dimensions. Overall, there is no strong evidence of any "middle class particularism": values appear to gradually shift with income, and middle class values are between the ones of poorer and richer classes. If any, the only peculiarity of middle class values is moderation. The analysis also finds changes in values across countries to be of much larger magnitude than the ones dictated by income, education, and individual characteristics, suggesting that individual values vary primarily within bounds dictated by each society.

Is There Such Thing As Middle Class Values? Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America

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