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The Long-Awaited Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America is Finally Happening / Maurizio Bussolo
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Bussolo, Maurizio
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Emerging Markets.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Inequality.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Middle Class.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Skill Premium.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Emerging Markets.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Inequality.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Middle Class.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Skill Premium.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2014
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In many developing countries, the supply of skilled workers is likely to continue to be stronger than demand, and this should drive down the skill premium and reduce inequality. Within the limitations of any exercise based on simulations, this paper finds that the recently observed reduction in inequality in Latin America may continue. Building on counterfactual scenarios projecting economic and demographic (including age and education) growth, the paper also highlights that by 2030 the long-awaited rise of the middle class in Latin America will be in full swing, as its share will be 43 percent of the total population, twice the value in 2005. This achievement is not guaranteed, as countries with large initial inequalities will have to achieve very high rates of inclusive growth. At the same time, a larger middle class is likely to exert a stronger influence on international and domestic policy making.
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