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The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class

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Abstract

This research has two main objectives, which are: (1) to test the appropriateness of existing measurements in identifying class status and (2) to identify Indonesian middle class using a new approach that combines economic and noneconomic measures. The results show that the size of middle class that is calculated using a composite index is smaller than the estimation produced by single-economic-variable measurement. It suggests that middle class can be identified not only by its expenditures but also by other things, such as its accomplishment in housing, education, job, and lifestyle. Majority of Indonesian middle class constitutes of young people and lives in urban area. Most of heads of middle class household are low educated and having informal jobs. The number of Indonesian middle class is predicted to keep expanding mainly driven by the improvement in income, education level, and occupation.

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APA 7

Krisna, K., & Wongkaren, T. S. (2018). The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class. https://doi.org/10.2991/icied-17.2018.17

MLA 9

Krisna, Ketut, and Turro Selrits Wongkaren. “The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class.” 2018, https://doi.org/10.2991/icied-17.2018.17.

Chicago

Krisna, Ketut, and Turro Selrits Wongkaren. 2018. “The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class.” https://doi.org/10.2991/icied-17.2018.17.

Harvard

Krisna, K. and Wongkaren, T.S. (2018) ‘The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2991/icied-17.2018.17.

BibTeX

@article{krisna2018middle,
  title = {{The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class}},
  author = {Krisna, Ketut and Wongkaren, Turro Selrits},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.2991/icied-17.2018.17}
}

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