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dc.titleUnderstanding the Growth of the Middle Class in Bolivia
dc.contributor.authorBeverinotti, Javier
dc.contributor.authorCanavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorPuerta, Alejandro
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Andean Group
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.date.available2021-07-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-07-21T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we aim to disentangle how sectoral economic growth affects the growth of the middle class size using state-level data of Bolivia from 2000 to 2017, a country with limited data, breaking the three main economic activities into subsectors aiming for more specific results. By means of a Bayesian hierarchical longitudinal model for small samples, we find that the commerce and services sectors have the biggest impact, even though mining and agriculture also have a positive effect on the increase of the middle class in Bolivia. Our results also suggest that both formality and public social investment have a significant, yet smaller, effect.
dc.format.extent21
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003407
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Understanding-the-Growth-of-the-Middle-Class-in-Bolivia.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectPoverty Reduction
dc.subjectEconomic Development
dc.subjectInformal Labor
dc.subjectEconomic Expansion
dc.subjectMiddle Class
dc.subject.jelcodeC23 - Panel Data Models • Spatio-temporal Models
dc.subject.jelcodeD63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
dc.subject.jelcodeO41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
dc.subject.jelcodeI32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
dc.subject.keywordseconomic growth;Informality;middle class
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01216
idb.operationRG-T3253
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