Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence

Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, César P.

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“…After some oscillation, from 2003, per capita income rose to US$4.597 in 2009 and poverty declined to 34.1%. However, 13.7% of the population were still regarded as being extremely poor 4 , 5 …”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristics and Main Health Problemsmentioning

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Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: current situation and challenges

Barreto

Miranda

Figueroa

et al. 2012

International Journal of Epidemiology

169

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Background This article analyses the epidemiological research developments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It integrates the series commissioned by the International Epidemiological Association to all WHO Regions to identify global opportunities to promote the development of epidemiology. Methods Health situations of the regions were analysed based on published data on selected mortality, morbidity and risk factors. Epidemiological publication output by country was estimated by Medline bibliometrics. Internet and literature searches and data provided by key informants were used to describe perspectives on epidemiological training, research and funding. Findings Despite important advances in recent decades, LAC remains the world's most unequal region. In 2010, 10% of the LAC's people still lived in conditions of multidimensional poverty, with huge variation among countries. The region has experienced fast and complex epidemiological changes in past decades, combining increasing rates of non-communicable diseases and injuries, and keeping uncontrolled many existing endemic and emerging diseases. Overall, epidemiological publications per year increased from 160 articles between 1961 and 1970 to 2492 between 2001 and 2010. The increase in papers per million inhabitants in the past three decades varied from 57% in Panama to 1339% in Paraguay. Universities are the main epidemiological training providers. There are at least 34 universities and other institutions in the region that offer postgraduate programmes at the master’s and doctoral levels in epidemiology or public health. Most LAC countries rely largely on external funding and donors to initiate and sustain long-term research efforts. Despite the limited resources, the critical mass of LAC researchers has produced significant scientific contributions. Future needs The health research panorama of the region shows enormous regional discrepancies, but great prospects. Improving research and human resources capacity in the region will require establishing research partnerships within and outside the region, between rich and poor countries, promoting collaborations between LAC research institutions and universities to boost postgraduate programmes and aligning research investments and outputs with the current burden of disease.

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Section: Socio-economic Characteristics and Main Health Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: current situation and challenges

Barreto

Miranda

Figueroa

et al. 2012

International Journal of Epidemiology

169

151

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“…This is very good news, as low social mobility in Bolivia has for centuries constituted a formidable barrier to development, resulting in high and persistent poverty rates and low economic growth (e.g. Andersen, 2001;Mercado et al, 2002;Andersen, 2003;Azevedo & Bouillon, 2009).…”

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Social Mobility in Bolivia is Finally Improving!

Andersen¹

2010

LAJED

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This paper evaluates the degree of social mobility in Bolivia, both by comparing to other Latin American countries, and by comparing social mobility at different points in time. While Bolivia had one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the region in 1997, the last 10 years have seen spectacular improvements, especially for rural and female teenagers. This is very good news, as it suggests that Bolivia has finally escaped the low mobility –low growth equilibrium where it has been stuck for so long

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“…Trabajos recientes señalan como un éxito el hecho de que millones de latinoamericanos hayan dejado la pobreza para engrosar la clase media (López-Calva y Ortiz-Juárez, 2013; Penfold y Rodríguez, 2014). El tránsito de la pobreza a la clase media habría tenido lugar en un contexto de movilidad social ascendente, como lo han señalado varios autores (Franco, Hopenhayn y León, 2011;Núñez, 2012;Azevedo y Bouillon, 2009;Torche, 2014). Ello habría ocurrido en un proceso por el cual un 40 % de los hogares ha ascendido de clase entre 1995 y el 2010 (Ferreira et ál., 2013, p. xi).…”

Section: El Crecimiento De La Clase Media Colombianaunclassified

Clase media y movilidad social en Colombia

Mallarino

Moreno

2019

Rev. colomb. soc.

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A partir del análisis de clases sociales como expresión de la desigualdad social, en este artículo repasamos los fundamentos teóricos y metodológicos utilizados para explicar la expansión de la clase media en Colombia. A través de la perspectiva de la movilidad social, consideramos la dinámica de las oportunidades de vida de una clase de origen a una clase de destino como producto de cambios intra o intergeneracionales. A pesar de la diversidad de métodos y de puntos de corte para definir y medir las clases sociales, resaltamos el crecimiento de la clase media en Colombia y en América Latina en el último decenio. En Colombia, sin embargo, este crecimiento se enmarca en una paradójica situación de persistente concentración del ingreso; los cambios al interior de la clase que ha experimentado dicha movilidad social ayudan a explicar dicha paradoja.Así mismo, identificamos las teorías y aproximaciones que se han empleado para el análisis de clase social y de movilidad social en la sociología y la economía, donde el cruce interdisciplinar parece particularmente propicio, al integrar el análisis de la estratificación social con los procesos de producción y distribución de la riqueza. Reseñamos los métodos empleados para realizar estudios de movilidad social y las fuentes de las que se derivan los datos. Señalamos, igualmente, cómo la movilidad social ha ingresado a la agenda de las políticas públicas económicas y sociales. Finalmente, presentamos los estudios sobre el componente valorativo del análisis de la clase media, en los que se indica que no es claro que esta posea un conjunto homogéneo de valores o que tenga una posición mayoritaria a favor de la democracia. Como parte de las conclusiones, indicamos que, así como el análisis de la movilidad social con base en clases sociales es bienvenido desde el punto de vista conceptual, en la práctica la expansión de la clase media en Colombia ha implicado mejores oportunidades de vida para este grupo de población. Sin embargo, permanece para ella una amenaza por su vulnerabilidad y se echan de menos mejoras sustanciales en políticas que alivien la concentración del ingreso.

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Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence

Cited by 8 publications

References 44 publications

Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: current situation and challenges

Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: current situation and challenges

Social Mobility in Bolivia is Finally Improving!

Clase media y movilidad social en Colombia

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