{"id":16672,"date":"2025-07-30T10:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.economicas.uba.ar\/iiep\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=16672"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:49:39","slug":"the-middle-classes-in-argentina-identification-behavior-aspirations-and-implications-for-public-policies-and-market-strategies","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/economicas.uba.ar\/iiep\/eventos\/the-middle-classes-in-argentina-identification-behavior-aspirations-and-implications-for-public-policies-and-market-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"The middle classes in Argentina: identification, behavior, aspirations and implications for public policies and market strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seminario de Investigaci\u00f3n del IIEP<\/p>\n

The middle classes in Argentina: identification, behavior, aspirations and implications for public policies and market strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expositor |\u00a0 Matthieu Cl\u00e9ment<\/strong> | BSE \u2013 Bordeaux School of Economics<\/p>\n

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Abstract\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on a mixed approach combining quantitative and qualitative materials, this article examines how the recent crises have affected middle-class\u2019 vulnerability, behaviour and expectations in Argentina. We show that the middle-income group is large but fragmented in terms of educational and occupational characteristics. A substantial part of this group is vulnerable to poverty and has been adversely affected by the recent crises due to the absence of State support. Moreover, we shed light on shared aspirations regarding consumption, education, health, homeownership or security. However, the adoption of subsequent behaviour in those domains remains constrained for the most vulnerable components of the middle class. Finally, people from the middle class point to the unfairness of redistribution policies and the low quality of public services.<\/p>\n

This article examines the political positioning of Argentina\u2019s middle class, its aspirations and expectations (i.e., the \u201cdemand\u201d side of public policy and private-sector strategies), and identify how institutions integrate these demands into the design of public policies and market strategies (i.e., the \u201csupply\u201d side). To do so, we adopt an original approach combining a qualitative survey of middle-class households and a qualitative survey of representatives of institutions. Our empirical investigations provide interesting insights. First, although the Argentine middle class is fragmented, we highlight shared aspirations in relation to consumption, education, health, housing and security. Second, middle-class respondents are unanimous in condemning corruption, criticizing the failings of public services, and feeling abandoned by redistribution policies. Third, on the supply side of public policy, our institutional interviews highlight the absence of large-scale public policies specifically targeted at the middle classes. For the private sector, however, the middle class appears to be strategic.<\/p>\n

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Sobre el autor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthieu Cl\u00e9ment es profesor de econom\u00eda en la Universidad de Burdeos, investigador en el laboratorio Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE) y director del M\u00e1ster en \u201cEconom\u00eda del Desarrollo\u201d. Su investigaci\u00f3n se enmarca en el \u00e1mbito de la econom\u00eda del desarrollo y se centra en dos ejes principales: el an\u00e1lisis de las desigualdades y de la estratificaci\u00f3n social, as\u00ed como de sus consecuencias socioecon\u00f3micas, pol\u00edticas y medioambientales; y el an\u00e1lisis de los determinantes sociales de la salud y la nutrici\u00f3n. Sus trabajos se desarrollan en pa\u00edses en v\u00edas de desarrollo, con un enfoque particular en pa\u00edses de Am\u00e9rica Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, M\u00e9xico, etc.) y de Asia (China, India, Vietnam). En cuanto a los m\u00e9todos de an\u00e1lisis, Matthieu Cl\u00e9ment utiliza tanto metodolog\u00edas cuantitativas como cualitativas, otorgando una prioridad al trabajo de campo. En lo que respecta a la difusi\u00f3n cient\u00edfica, ha publicado cerca de cuarenta art\u00edculos, algunos de ellos en las principales revistas internacionales de econom\u00eda del desarrollo.<\/p>\n

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