“中等收入陷阱”是经济体的人均收入达到中等水平后经济长期停滞不前,造成贫富差距加剧、产业升级困难等问题的现象。本文运用经济学的相关理论及外生经济增长模型,对拉美地区8个典型国家1966-2014年的宏观经济数据进行实证研究,分析拉美国家陷入“中等收入陷阱”的根本原因,并根据实证研究结果,结合中国实际情况提出相关政策建议。 “Middle-Income Trap ” is the phenomenon of long-term economic stagnation after the per capita income of an economy reaches a medium level, resulting in the gap between the rich and the poor and the difficulty of industrial upgrading. Based on the relevant theories of economics and the exogenous economic growth model, this paper conducts an empirical study on the macroeconomic data from 1966 to 2014 in eight typical countries in Latin America and analyzes the root causes of Latin American countries falling into the “middle income trap”. According to Empirical research results, combined with the actual situation in China put forward relevant policy recommendations.