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 …

This paper studies the empirical links among factor endowments, trade, and personal income distribution. The motivation … changes are quite complex and their final effect on income distribution is theoretically unclear. The author's aim is to … present the stylized empirical facts on the relations between income distribution, factor endowments, and trade. …

income persistence coefficients estimated with pseudo-panel data for Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay indicate that … indicate the direction of such mobility, the estimates of income differentials between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs for …

This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality … schooling are the main reason why income distribution has not improved in the 1990s. However, the lack of progress in income …

evaluate the impact of health on the income of working elderly individuals. The results find that health measures have a strong …

importance of different income sources. The decomposition is applied to household survey data from 35 countries from 6 regions in …

and credit is explained by demand for low-income housing. …