POLARIZATION AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN URUGUAY

Some approaches to measuring the middle class are based on an arbitrary definition such as income quartiles or the poverty line. Foster and Wolfson have recently developed a methodology without arbitrariness. We apply this tool and a complementary method-the relative distribution approach-to analyze...

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Autores principales:	BORRAZ,FERNANDO, GONZÁLEZ,NICOLÁS, ROSSI,MÁXIMO
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía. 2013
Materias:	income polarization bipolarization middle class inequality social policies
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description	Some approaches to measuring the middle class are based on an arbitrary definition such as income quartiles or the poverty line. Foster and Wolfson have recently developed a methodology without arbitrariness. We apply this tool and a complementary method-the relative distribution approach-to analyze the evolution of the middle class and polarization in Uruguay during the 1994-2004 and 2004-2010 periods. During the first period, characterized by increasing income inequality, the middle class declines and income polarization increases. In the second period, which includes the recovery from the 2002 downturn, we find that the middle class increases and polarization decreases.
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title	POLARIZATION AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN URUGUAY
title_short	POLARIZATION AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN URUGUAY
title_full	POLARIZATION AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN URUGUAY
title_fullStr	POLARIZATION AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN URUGUAY
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publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía.
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POLARIZATION AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN URUGUAY

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