Table of Contents
Foreword xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Abbreviations xx
Part I Overview 1
1 Overview and Policy Implications Andrés Solimano 3
2 Entrepreneurship, the Middle Class, and Social Mobility: An Overview of Literature Andrés Solimano 17
Part II International Comparisons and Country Studies 51
3 Middle-Class Entrepreneurs and Their Firms: A Regional View and International Comparison Hugo D. Kantis Juan S. Federico Luis A. Trajtenberg 53
4 The Role of Entrepreneurship in Promoting Intergenerational Social Mobility in Mexico Viviana Vélez-Grajales Roberto Vélez-Grajales 81
5 Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Values, and Public Policy in Argentina José Anchorena Lucas Ronconi 105
6 The Effect of Social Capital on Middle-Class Entrepreneurship in Ecuador Xavier Ordeñana Elizabeth Arteaga 149
Index 173