This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011) index of multidimensional poverty to German data. This is done with … respect to the politically most important dimensions of poverty mentioned in the German federal government's report on poverty … and wealth. Additionally, a modification of the identification step of the Alkire-Foster index is proposed to guarantee …

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … index prove helpful in better tracking and understanding developments. Moreover, I find poor individuals to be adversely …

multidimensional poverty index for Germany that is based on the capability approach. It also introduces a multidimensional happiness … Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (GCSPI). …The official measure to analyse poverty in Germany is the at-risk-of-poverty rate, defined as 60 per cent of the median …

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … index prove helpful in better tracking and understanding developments. Moreover, I find poor individuals to be adversely …

poverty indices using SOEP data from 1991-2012. We distinguish between parental and publicly provided childcare, which is an … increasingly important in-kind benefit in Germany. We find that both multidimensional inequality and poverty declined as expanded …

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … index prove helpful in better tracking and understanding developments. Moreover, I find poor individuals to be adversely …

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … consistent with earlier findings, but also reveal several new insights. Specifically, numerous decompositions of the poverty … index prove helpful in better tracking and understanding developments. Moreover, I find poor individuals to be adversely …