What is middle class about the middle classes around the world?

By Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008

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Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka (2012, neutral): “However, the majority of female-owned enterprises are small in scale with commensurately low earning levels (Kevane and Wydick, 2001; Banerjee and Duflo 2008; de Mel et al, 2009a).”
The future of skills: employment in 2030 (2017, background): “…are not only typically the most important determinant of earnings and living standards but they critically shape how individuals view themselves, interact with others and perceive their stake in society, including their sense of control over the future (Banerjee and Duflo, 2008; World Bank, 2013).”
Liquidity, Risk, and Occupational Choices (2010, neutral): “This is common in many developing settings, and it is typically interpreted as an income smoothing strategy (see e.g. Morduch [1995], Banerjee and Duﬂo [2008]).”
Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor? (2013, background): “The non-poor, in contrast, tend to be engaged in secure wage employment or to employ others in the small-scale businesses they operate (Banerjee and Duflo 2008).”
The Quality of Employment (QoE) in nine Latin American countries: A multidimensional perspective (2020, neutral): “also coincide with studies by Banerjee and Duflo (2008), who calculate a vulnerability cut-off of 2-10USD and with Ravallion (2011), who puts this line at between US$2-13.”