The middle class in Japan, 1994-2009: Trends and characteristics
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Keywords
Middle class; Income inequality; Poverty rate;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2019-03-04 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-IAS-2019-03-04 (Insurance Economics)
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