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 …

considerations, axiomatic research on poverty and deprivation, and previous empirical research on social exclusion and subjective … deprivation and income poverty. Moreover, regression techniques reveal deprivation in social participation to reduce life …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

The official measure to analyse poverty in Germany is the at-risk-of-poverty rate, defined as 60 per cent of the median … that the issue of poverty in Germany generates in the minds of both the government and the public. Especially since it … multidimensional poverty index for Germany that is based on the capability approach. It also introduces a multidimensional happiness …

This paper explores a novel way to analyse poverty dynamics that are specific to certain measures of multidimensional … poverty, such as the "adjusted headcount ratio" proposed by Alkire & Foster (2011a). Assuming there is panel data available, I … show that a simultaneous and comprehensive account of transitions in deprivations and poverty allows complex …

objective health measures. -- Health inequality ; concentration index ; income measurement ; SOEP …

choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in … empirical work on poverty measurement is clarified. -- Poverty measures ; differences in needs ; principle of transfers …The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in …

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 … multidimensional poverty indices. …

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 …