This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual framework, I apply the Alkire-Foster method using German panel data. I suggest new operationalizations for two dimensions: social participation and practical reason, the latter...

We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zeigen, dass sich Lebenszufriedenheit messen lässt, dass es objektive und veränderbare Gründe für mehr oder weniger glückliche Menschenleben gibt. Das ist eine sensationelle Nachricht, die Folgen haben muss in den Ministerien und im Parlament in Berlin, in...