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Measuring the Middle Class in Africa - Income Versus Assets Approach

Die Bemessung der Mittelschicht in Afrika - Einkommen versus Güter
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Němečková, Tereza
Harmáček, Jaromír
Schlossarek, Martin

Abstract

Traditionally, economists measure middle class from the income perspective. Considering quality of data for many African countries, relying solely on income may, unfortunately, lead to an incorrect picture. This article compares and analyses the African middle class measured by income and by ownersh... view more

Traditionally, economists measure middle class from the income perspective. Considering quality of data for many African countries, relying solely on income may, unfortunately, lead to an incorrect picture. This article compares and analyses the African middle class measured by income and by ownership of assets. Results indicate that middle class sizes differ significantly in some countries, while in others they are more or less the same. Regression analyses performed to investigate potential correlates of the African income and assets middle class sizes indicate that the African assets middle class size is positively associated with income per capita and negatively with assets inequality. To a lesser extent, it is positively affected by education and negatively by ethnic fractionalisation. The African income middle class size depends positively on income per capita and education, while negatively on income inequality.... view less


Traditionell messen Ökonomen die Mittelschicht mittels des Einkommens. In Anbetracht der Datenqualität für viele afrikanische Länder kann es jedoch zu einem verzerrten Bild führen, wenn man sich allein auf das Einkommen stützt. In diesem Artikel wird die afrikanische Mittelschicht anhand des Einkomm... view more

Traditionell messen Ökonomen die Mittelschicht mittels des Einkommens. In Anbetracht der Datenqualität für viele afrikanische Länder kann es jedoch zu einem verzerrten Bild führen, wenn man sich allein auf das Einkommen stützt. In diesem Artikel wird die afrikanische Mittelschicht anhand des Einkommens (income) und des Eigentums (asset) identifiziert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich die Größe der Mittelschicht in einigen Ländern bei den zwei Erhebungsmethoden erheblich unterscheidet, während sie in anderen Ländern mehr oder weniger gleich ist. Regressionsanalysen zur Korrelation beider Ansätze zeigen, dass die asset-Mittelschicht positiv mit dem Pro-Kopf-Einkommen und negativ mit Vermögensungleichheit korreliert. In geringerem Maße wird sie durch Bildung positiv und durch ethnische Fraktionierung negativ beeinflusst. Die Größe der income-Mittelschicht hängt positiv vom Pro-Kopf-Einkommen und der Bildung, aber negativ von der Einkommensungleichheit ab.... view less

Keywords
Africa; middle class; income; property; assets; measurement; data capture; comparison of methods; developing country

Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories

Document language
English

Publication Year
2020

Page/Pages
p. 3-32

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 55 (2020) 1

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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