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der Teilnehmer:innen. Zusammenfassend lässt sich dabei feststellen, dass diese sich zumeist der oberen Mittelschicht …
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Using {dollar}2–{dollar}20 purchasing power parity per capita daily income as the definition of middle class, Zhang Yuan, Guanghua Wan, and Niny Khor find that majority of households in the People's Republic of China have become middle class by 2007. This is especially impressive given that...
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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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Gesellschaft angesehen wird, welcher einen besonders großen Teil der staatlichen Abgaben trägt. Das Gutachten „Die Beseitigung des …
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Die Studie untersucht vier Reformoptionen, die zu einer Entlastung geringer und mittlerer Einkommen bei gleichzeitig moderater Belastung höherer Einkommen führen. Der Solidaritätszuschlag wird abgeschafft. Der Grundfreibetrag und der Eingangssteuersatz bleiben in allen Varianten unverändert....
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Erstmals in der Geschichte hat die Mittelschicht einen bedeutsamen Anteil des privaten Vermögens erworben. Doch sind … Eigentum und Erbe in der Mitte der deutschen Gesellschaft relativ gleichmäßig verteilt oder zeigen sich bedeutsame … geringer Verbreitungsgrad von Immobilienbesitz und Erbe in der unteren Mittelschicht (60 bis 80 Prozent des Medianeinkommens …
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We examine the effects of globalization on the size and composition of tax revenues, worker-specific tax burdens, and effective average labor income tax rates using a unique international database on income tax calculators. We find that due to increasing mobility of firms and high-income...
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Using panel datasets from Mexico and Chile for the 2000s, we examine the determinants of middle-class intra-generational mobility. We define the middle class by means of a latent index of economic wellbeing that is less sensitive to short-term fluctuation and measurement error than standard...
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Middle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. In this paper we investigate the relation between class (measured by the position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American...
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We revisit the link between poverty, the middle class and institutional outcomes using a newly developed cross-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle class increases (measured as the proportion of people...
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