title: What is middle class about the middle classes around the world?
authors.affiliation: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Abhijit V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duflo
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003132:Commerce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004435:Eating; D004493:Education / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005191:Family Characteristics; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011998:Recreation / Q000191:economics; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012923:Social Class