This paper studies welfare dynamics, especially changes associated with middle-class status in countries in the Middle East and North Africa, before and after the Arab Spring transitions, using objective and subjective welfare measures. Absent panel data, the analysis employs state-of-the-art synthetic panel techniques using repeated cross sections of expenditure data from household surveys and subjective well-being data from value surveys, which...
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2016/03/10
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政策研究报告
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WPS7595
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2016/03/10
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Disclosed
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Welfare dynamics with synthetic panels : the case of the Arab world in transition
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middle class