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‘We are (the) Middle Class’ The new Turkish middle class: identification, behaviors and expectations

Turkish Economic Review

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Title ‘We are (the) Middle Class’ The new Turkish middle class: identification, behaviors and expectations
 
Creator COMBARNOUS, François; University of Bordeaux, France
BERROU, Jean-Philippe;

LAM CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux

11 allée Ausone - Domaine Universitaire - 33607 Pessac – France


CLEMENT, Matthieu;

GREThA CNRS, University of Bordeaux

Avenue Léon Duguit – 33608 Pessac – France


DARBON, Dominique;

LAM CNRS, Sciences Po Bordeaux

11 allée Ausone - Domaine Universitaire - 33607 Pessac – France


ROUGIER, Éric;

GREThA CNRS, University of Bordeaux

Avenue Léon Duguit – 33608 Pessac – France
 
Subject Social Stratification; Income Distribution; Middle Class; Turkey; Clustering Methods.
O15; D13; E25.
 
Description Abstract. This article aims to identify and characterise the Turkish middle class. Our objective is to improve its description by implementing a clustering method combining an economic and a sociological approach. Using the Income and Living Conditions Survey (2014), we first identify the middle-class on the basis of an income interval. We then use information about employment and education to characterise the heterogeneity of this middle-income class. The distinctive behaviors and aspirations of four middle class groups are explored in depth by using the results of original qualitative field research carried out among middle class households from two contrasting regions.Keywords. Social stratification, Income distribution, Middle class, Turkey, Clustering methods.JEL. O15, D13, E25.
 
Publisher Turkish Economic Review
Turkish Economic Review
 
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Date 2019-10-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/TER/article/view/1934
10.1453/ter.v6i3.1934
 
Source Turkish Economic Review; Vol 6, No 3 (2019): September; 158-184
Turkish Economic Review; Vol 6, No 3 (2019): September; 158-184
2149-0414
 
Language eng
 
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