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No Condition Is Permanent: Middle Class in Nigeria in the Last Decade

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dc.contributor.authorOseni, Gbemisola
dc.contributor.authorCorral Rodas, Paul Andres
dc.contributor.authorMolini, Vasco
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-25T17:18:03Z
dc.date.available2018-01-25T17:18:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-21
dc.description.abstractThe economic debate on the existence and definition of the middle class has become particularly lively in many developing countries. Building on a recently developed framework called the Vulnerability Approach to Middle Class (VAMC) to define the middle class, this paper tries to estimate the size of the Nigerian middle class in a rigorous quantitative manner and to gauge its evolution over time. Using the VAMC method, the middle class group can be defined residually from the vulnerability analysis as those for which the probability of falling into poverty is below a certain threshold. The results show that there has been considerable improvement in the size of the Nigerian middle class from 13 per cent in 2003/4 to 19 per cent in 2012/13. However, the rate has been slower than expected given the high growth rates experienced in the country over the same period. The results also paint a heterogeneous picture of the middle class in Nigeria with large spatial differences. The southern regions have a higher share and experienced more growth of the middle class compared with the northern regions.en
dc.identifier.citationThe Journal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29235
dc.identifier.issn0022-0388
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29235
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMIDDLE CLASS
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectGENERALIZED MAXIMUM ENTROPY
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectSHARED PROSPERITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.titleNo Condition Is Permanenten
dc.title.subtitleMiddle Class in Nigeria in the Last Decadeen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2017.1366453 Journal website (version of record)en
okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/21653 Working paper version (pre-print)en
okr.crossref.titleNo Condition Is Permanent: Middle Class in Nigeria in the Last Decade
okr.date.disclosure2019-03-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-16T04:28:20.183239Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi10.1080/00220388.2017.1366453
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29235
okr.identifier.report123241
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber294-310
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
okr.volume55(2)
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