. 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 …

-stage procedure in which the household's lifetime income is instrumented with the education level of the household head and the …, Paraguay and Peru. On the other hand, no differences are found in saving rates by lifetime income or wealth in Bahamas, Chile …

low in the Region. The evidence also suggests high levels of immobility at the income distribution's lower and upper tails …. While intergenerational education mobility has improved in recent decades, which may increase income mobility for younger …

caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors … analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections …

América Latina.Abstract: Chile shows one of the largest achievement gaps between high and low income students. Enseña Chile …