Growth of the middle class: Two perspectives that matter for policy

Justin Visagie

Development Southern Africa, 2015, vol. 32, issue 1, 3-24

Abstract: Two very different pictures emerge when one compares income changes of the relatively affluent 'middle class' with those of households in the literal middle of the income spectrum. In the affluent middle there has been significant racial transformation and growth of the 'black middle class'. However, households in the actual middle of the income spectrum have experienced the lowest income growth of all groups since 1993. Both perspectives are crucial in the pursuit of a more equitable path of development and have important implications for policy design.

Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/0376835X.2014.965387 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:deveza:v:32:y:2015:i:1:p:3-24

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/CDSA20

DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2014.965387

Access Statistics for this article

Development Southern Africa is currently edited by Marie Kirsten

More articles in Development Southern Africa from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().