The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...

Zusammenfassung Potenziale von Unternehmen als Agenten der Armutsüberwindung in Entwicklungsländern stoßen in letzter Zeit auf ein verstärktes wissenschaftliches Interesse. Dieser Beitrag soll Gemeinsamkeiten, Unterschiede und Komplementaritäten von Walter Euckens Ordoliberalismus und des...

The capability approach of Amartya Sen, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, has recently been announced as a new conceptual framework of the German Federal Government's official Poverty and Wealth Reports. Hence, we will discuss the suitability of Sen's approach to reach the goals...