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Measuring middle-class decline in one and many attributes

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Chiara GIGLIARANO () (Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Economia)
Karl MOSLER (Universitat zu Koln)

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A new multivariate approach is introduced to identify the middle class of a society and to measure its possible decline. The middle class is a properly defined central region in attribute space that contains a fixed portion of the population. The decline of the middle class is measured by comparing the dispersion of the middle class. The use of minimum volume ellipsoids and different notions of central regions is discussed in one and several dimensions. An empirical illustration is given using German data on income and wealth.

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Paper provided by Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Economia in its series Working Papers with number 333.

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Keywords: EVS; German Sample Survey of Income and Expen; central region; middle class; minimum volume ellipsoid; zonoid region;

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D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General

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