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 …

poverty multidimensional index we should take into account that social exclusion variables and indexes have to be analyzed …One of the targets of Europe's growth strategy (Europe 2020) is "reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 … million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion". Since poverty is a multidimensional concept, EUROSTAT proposes …

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 …