On the Squeezing of the Middle Class
Overview and Prospects for the EU-15
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 12416622 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Olga Salido Cortés (0000-0002-3536-3069, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, autor correspondente), Olga Salido, Julio Carabaña Morales (0000-0002-5261-4050, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) |
| Ano | 2020 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 325-342 |
| Data de publicação | 2020-02-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798719000462 |
| OpenAlex | W3005532320 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 21 |
This article was inspired by Atkinson and Brandolini’s work on the economic middle classes and deals with the evolution of the income share of the middle class compared with that of the extreme classes in the EU-15 (the EU’s first 15 member states) over the last two decades. Our research draws on the paradox of the EU officially assuming dominant ideas about rising inequalities and the squeezing of middle-class income produced by globalization and technological change while at the same time producing and disseminating empirical evidence contrary to this view. We first synthesize this evidence, also contributing some additional analyses of Eurostat data, confirming that the income share of the middle class has not changed in the past two decades, as could be expected from the invariance in income inequality. We finally put forward some considerations about the theoretical implications of these empirical results and the interaction between ideas and empirical evidence in political societies and organizations
Class (philosophy · Development economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Empirical evidence · Empirical research · Epistemology · Globalization · Inequality · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Work (physics · Economic Theory and Policy · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Mathematics
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Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries
Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
Global Inequality
An increasingly squeezed middle class? Changing income distributions and inequality in the EU15 through the last economic cycle
The endangered middle class? A comparative analysis of the role played by income redistribution
Job Polarization in Europe? Changes in the Employment Structure and Job Quality, 1995-2007
Homogeneous Middles vs. Heterogeneous Tails, and the End of the ‘Inverted‐U’
European Integration and Income Inequality
Upgrading or polarization? Occupational change in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, 1990-2008
Sociological Explanations of Changing Income Distributions
Income Inequality
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |