Should we call it a (middle) class? A socio‐economic exploration of the Vietnamese middle‐income group
BERROU, Jean‐philippe
Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
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Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
BERROU, Jean‐philippe
Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
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Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
Language
en
Article de revue
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Journal of International Development. 2021, vol. 33, n° 8, p. 1321-1345
Wiley-Blackwell
English Abstract
By combining household survey data on the economic and social characteristics of middle-income earners and primary survey data on their subjective perceptions, we show that the so-called Vietnamese ‘middle class’ is strongly ...Read more >
By combining household survey data on the economic and social characteristics of middle-income earners and primary survey data on their subjective perceptions, we show that the so-called Vietnamese ‘middle class’ is strongly heterogeneous in terms of income, occupation and status and includes a large percentage of highly vulnerable households facing high individual risk not covered by social protection. Although marginally driven by public sector employment and formal private sector expansion, it shares common traits that might help consolidate class identification and could lead to more formally organised political influence if the political sphere becomes more open in the future.Read less <
English Keywords
aspirations
economic policy
living conditions survey
middle class
subjective perceptions
Vietnam
Origin
Hal importedCollections