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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality

Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

definitions of middle-class using data from the 2007 World Gallup Poll. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class … fact that self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal capabilities …

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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality

Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

. 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 …

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Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil Title: Educación, antecedentes familiares y desigualdad interracial del salario en Brasil Title: Educação, ant...

Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

This study combines survey data with annual state data on pupil-teacher ratios covering broadly the period 1940-90 to investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality between whites and the African descendent...

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The Latin American Middle Class: Fragile After All?

Castellani, Francesca; Parent, Gwenn; Zenteno, Jannet - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

with the likelihood of being middle class. The example of Colombia illustrates that, while growing in size, this income …

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Nutrition, Income Instability and Quality of Life: Determinants and Differential Patterns across Members within the Household

Cárdenas, Mauricio; Maro, Vincenzo Di; Meija, Carolina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper … income instability as measures of deprivation and analyzes their relationship with perceived and objective well-being. First … perceived well-being and income instability. …

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Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina

Elías, Julio; Elías, Víctor; Ronconi, Lucas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

students and with high academic performance are highly ranked by their peers, but the former effect is only significant in …

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Returns to education in Suriname

Gardiner, Shopie; Stampini, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

We analyze the relationship between education and employment in Suriname, using data from a 2007 IDB household survey (representative nationally and at the level of three macro areas: Urban Coast, Rural Coast and Interior). We find that education brings returns in terms of both likelihood of...

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