When Does Economic Growth Reduce Poverty and Strengthen the Middle Class? A State‐Level, Sector‐Specific Analysis of Peru.

Using novel state‐level data of Peru from 1997 to 2010, we investigate how growth in different sectors affects poverty rates and the middle class. Our results indicate that only the manufacturing sector seems to robustly decrease poverty. Growth in the service sector emerges as a meaningful predicto...

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Publicado en:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 1067 - 1088
Autores principales:	Canavire‐Bacarreza, Gustavo, Jetter, Michael, Robles, Marcos
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Apr2018
Materias:	Economic development Poverty Middle class Manufacturing industries Regional differences
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