Using panel datasets from Mexico and Chile for the first years of the 21st century, the author examine the determinants of middle-class intra-generational mobility. The author define the middle class by means of a latent index of economic well-being that is less sensitive to short-term fluctuation and measurement error than standard measures of income. The author find high rates of both upward and downward mobility in Mexico and Chile, indicating...
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2013/01/01
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Artículo de periódico
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82808
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2015/03/27
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Stability and vulnerability of the Latin American middle class
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middle class