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dc.creatorStampini, Marco
dc.creatorRobles, Marcos
dc.creatorSáenz, Mayra
dc.creatorIbarrarán, Pablo
dc.creatorMedellín, Nadin
dc.date.issued2016-08-19
dc.identifier.issn2196-436X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11651/3239
dc.descriptionPoverty dynamics, transitory and chronic poverty, vulnerability, middle class, Latin America, panel data, synthetic panels, mobility
dc.description.abstractBetween 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3 to 29.7 % of the population). In this paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability that also affects the rising middle class. More specifically, we find that 65 % of those with daily income between $4 and 10, and 14 % of those in the middle class experience poverty at least once over a 10-year period. Furthermore, chronic poverty remains widespread (representing 91 and 50 % of extreme and moderate poverty, respectively). Differences between rural and urban areas are substantial. Urban areas, which are now home to most moderate poor and vulnerable, are characterized by higher income mobility, particularly upward mobility. These findings have important implications for the design of effective social safety nets. These need to mix long-term interventions for the chronic poor, especially in rural areas, with flexible short-term support to a large group of transient poor and vulnerable, particularly in urban areas.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCentro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
dc.relation.ispartofLatin American Economic Review, volumen 25, número 1, agosto de 2016
dc.rightsLa revista Latin American Economic Review autoriza a poner en acceso abierto de conformidad con las licencias CREATIVE COMMONS, aprobadas por el Consejo Académico Administrativo del CIDE, las cuales establecen los parámetros de difusión de las obras con fines no comerciales. Lo anterior sin perjuicio de los derechos morales que corresponden a los autores.
dc.source2196-436X
dc.titlePoverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America
dc.typeArtículo
dc.accessrightsAcceso abierto
dc.recordIdentifier000003239
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND
dc.identifier.citationEn: Latin American Economic Review, volumen 25, número 1, agosto de 2016
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40503-016-0034-1
dc.relation.datasethttp://www.cepal.org/es/estimaciones-proyecciones-poblacion-largo-plazo-1950-2100
dc.relation.datasethttp://sedlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/eng/methodology.php
dc.relation.datasethttp://www.cepal.org/celade/proyecciones/basedatos_BD.htm
dc.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40503-016-0034-1


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