The Myth of the Middle Class Squeeze: Employment and Income by Class in Six Western Countries, 1980-2020

Jad Moawad; Daniel Oesch

The Myth of the Middle Class Squeeze: Employment and Income by Class in Six Western Countries, 1980-2020

Jad Moawad
, Daniel Oesch

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Abstract

Over the last two decades, income inequality has moved to the top of the research agenda in sociology (McCall and Percheski 2010) and economics (e.g. Atkinson 2015). In contrast, less attention has been devoted to the question of how absolute incomes have evolved over time (Nolan 2018). Yet while individuals only have a very vague idea of income inequality (Engelhardt and Wagener 2018), they are keenly aware of how their absolute income evolves year by year (...)

Original language	English
Type	LIS issues a quarterly newsletter Inequality Matters focusing on inequality research
Media of output	Website
Publisher	LIS (Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg)
Place of Publication	Luxembourg
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Name	LIS Newsletter Inequality Matters
Publisher	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and the LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (LIS)
No.	26

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The Myth of the Middle Class Squeeze: Employment and Income by Class in Six Western Countries, 1980-2020

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