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Die Mittelschicht in Deutschland : vielschichtig und stabil

Niehues, Judith - In: IW-Trends : die vierteljährliche Zeitschrift zur … 44 (2017) 1, pp. 3-20

Die Mittelschicht steht häufig im Zentrum von Verteilungsanalysen. Es besteht allerdings keine eindeutige Abgrenzung … Abgrenzung des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (IW Köln) gehörte ein Alleinlebender im Jahr 2014 zur (Einkommens-)Mittelschicht … Entwicklung seit 1991 kann in drei Phasen eingeteilt werden: Zunächst stieg der Anteil der Mittelschicht im Zuge des ostdeutschen …

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Die Mittelschicht im Fokus: Abgrenzung, Entwicklung und Mobilität

Niehues, Judith; Stockhausen, Maximilian - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 49 (2022) 2, pp. 27-54

Mobilitätskennzahlen belegen eine beachtliche Stabilität bei der Zugehörigkeit zur Mittelschicht: In zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Jahren … Aufstiegen aus den unteren Einkommensbereichen in die Mittelschicht etwas verringert. Im Generationenvergleich zeigt sich, dass … Mittelschicht zeichnen und darüber hinaus einen deutlichen Rückgang der Sorgen um die eigene finanzielle Situation in allen …

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Die Mittelschicht im Fokus : Abgrenzung, Entwicklung und Mobilität

Niehues, Judith; Stockhausen, Maximilian - In: IW-Trends : die vierteljährliche Zeitschrift zur … 49 (2022) 2, pp. 27-54

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Economic growth from the household perspective : GDP and income distribution developments across OECD countries

Causa, Orsetta; Araújo, Sónia; Cavaciuti, Agnès; … - 2014

This paper provides an assessment of how households’ income has fared compared with GDP. While the prime focus is on incomes around the median, attention is paid also to the bottom of the income distribution. Thus, one contribution of the paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution...

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Do Rising Top Income Shares Affect the Incomes or Earnings of Low and Middle-Income Families?

Thompson, Jeffrey P. - 2013

This paper uses US state panel data to explore the relationship between the share of income received by affluent households and the level of income and earnings received by low and middle-income families. A rising top share of income can potentially lead to increases in the incomes of low and...

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We Forgot the Middle Class! : Inequality Underestimation in a Changing Sub-Saharan Africa

Clementi, F. - 2018

The creation of national middle classes and the changes in consumption patterns in many Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries suggest reconsidering the way welfare and consequently inequality is typically measured. Using only consumption to measure welfare can lead to an important loss of...

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Comparing the Size of the Middle Class Using the Alienation Component of Polarization

Taptue, André-Marie - 2018

This paper shows how to compare the size of the middle class in income distributions using a polarization index that do not account for identification. We derive a class of polarization indices where the antagonism function is constant in identification. The comparison of distributions using an...

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Income Polarization in the United States

Alichi, Ali - 2016

The paper uses a combination of micro-level datasets to document the rise of income polarization - what some have referred to as the 'hollowing out' of the income distribution - in the United States, since the 1970s. While in the initial decades more middle-income households moved up, rather...

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Chapter 5. Polarization

Duclos, Jean-Yves; Taptué, André-Marie - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 301-358). 2015

This chapter reviews the basic conceptual foundations for the measurement of polarization, the origins of those foundations, how polarization is distinct from inequality and other ways of considering distances and differences across individuals, and how polarization can be measured in an...

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The Role of the Middle Class in Economic Development : What Do Cross-Country Data Show?

Chun, Natalie - 2011

This paper investigates the channels through which the middle class may matter for consumption growth and development. Determinants of the size and the growth of the middle class are also examined. Using several different middle class measures and a panel of 72 developing countries spanning the...

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