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Economic Mobility and the Rise of
the Latin American Middle Class

ECONOMIC MOBILITY

AND THE RISE OF THE

LATIN AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS

Economic Mobility
and the Rise of the
Latin American Middle Class

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Julian Messina,
Jamele Rigolini, Luis-Felipe López-Calva,
Maria Ana Lugo, and Renos Vakis

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Ferreira, Francisco H. G.
Economic mobility and the rise of the Latin American middle class / Francisco H.G. Ferreira[and five
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8213-9634-6 — ISBN 978-0-8213-9723-7 (electronic)
1. Income—Latin America. 2. Middle class—Latin America. 3. Households—Economic aspects—
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Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
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