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Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries
Alkire, Sabina; Santos, María Emma - 2011
This paper presents a new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for 104 developing countries. It is the first time … multidimensional poverty is estimated using micro datasets (household surveys) for such a large number of countries which cover about … 78 percent of the world's population. The MPI has the mathematical structure of one of the Alkire and Foster poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305597
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Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries
Alkire, Sabina; Santos, María Emma - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011
This paper presents a new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for 104 developing countries. It is the first time … multidimensional poverty is estimated using micro datasets (household surveys) for such a large number of countries which cover about … 78 percent of the world's population. The MPI has the mathematical structure of one of the Alkire and Foster poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226849
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Acute Multidimensional Poverty: A New Index for Developing Countries
Alkire, Sabina; Santos, Maria Emma - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This paper presents a new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for 104 developing countries. It is the first time … multidimensional poverty is estimated using micro datasets (household surveys) for such a large number of countries which cover about … 78 percent of the world´s population. The MPI has the mathematical structure of one of the Alkire and Foster poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587043
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The application of the capability approach to high-income OECD countries: A preliminary survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2011
-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276728
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Constructing validity for capabilities-related indicators
Tinonin, Cecilia - 2013
Amartya Sen's approach to Welfare Economics argues evaluation of individual advantage should occur in the informational space of the freedom of choice individuals have in achieving valuable human functionings, that is in the space of capabilities. Furthermore, the identification of what is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730571
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Capability-deprivation as determinant of underweight in children : perspectives from an Indian case-study
Ardeni, Pier Giorgio; Tinonin, Cecilia - 2013
The Capability Approach argues individual advantage should be evaluated in the space of freedom of choice, that is in the space of capability. Yet, empirical applications are hampered by the lack of appropriate data and indicators. This paper aims at providing a reliable and valid indicator...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730846
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Severe health conditions and household deprivation
Biggeri, Mario; Ciani, Federico; Menon, Martina; … - In: Rivista internazionale di scienze sociali 130 (2022) 2, pp. 145-167
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370218
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DEVELOPMENT AS FREEDOM v - v AND AS WHAT ELSE?
Gasper, Des; Staveren, Irene van - In: Feminist Economics 9 (2003) 2-3, pp. 137-161
To what extent can Amartya Sen's ideas on freedom, especially his conceptualization of development as freedom, enrich feminist economics? Sen's notion of freedom (as the capability to achieve valued ends) has many attractions and provides important opportunities to analyze gender inequalities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484721
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SEN'S CAPABILITY APPROACH AND GENDER INEQUALITY: SELECTING RELEVANT CAPABILITIES
Robeyns, Ingrid - In: Feminist Economics 9 (2003) 2-3, pp. 61-92
This paper investigates how Amartya Sen's capability approach can be applied to conceptualize and assess gender inequality in Western societies. I first argue against the endorsement of a definitive list of capabilities and instead defend a procedural approach to the selection of capabilities by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451666
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Intensity of time and income interdependent multidimensional poverty: Well-being and minimum 2DGAP - German evidence
Merz, Joachim; Rathjen, Tim - 2011
Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the … last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdependent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and … income, which in particular restricts social participation. The interdependency of the multiple poverty dimensions under a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282256