The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class

DOI

10.2991/icied-17.2018.17How to use a DOI?

Keywords

middle class; composite index; Indonesia

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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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ketut Krisna
AU  - Turro S. Wongkaren
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - The Middle Class is Us: Measuring Indonesian Middle Class
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Indonesian Economy and Development (ICIED 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 85
EP  - 89
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icied-17.2018.17
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