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 …

push into poverty. In Europe, the UK has spearheaded the definition and measurement of such phenomena. The most common way …Energy poverty, long considered a problem limited to developing countries only, is now widely acknowledged as a … challenge for advanced OECD countries as well. How energy poverty is perceived depends on the conceptualization and assessment …

Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase … monetary measures alone. Multidimensional poverty measures seek to address this shortfall and have been adopted as an official …, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions." A particular …

This research article seeks to specify and measure the determinants of multidimensional poverty in Colombia using the … Unsatisfied Basic Needs (UBN) Index based on information from the latest available 2005 population census applying a spatial … poverty between neighbouring municipalities, the existence of clusters and hot spots in the Pacific Chocó region, the …

multidimensional poverty dynamics in 84 natural regions of India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health … dimension, decomposition of MPI across the dimensions and the indicators and provide estimates at sub-national level. Results … Kashmir, the Hills region and Plains region of Manipur, Puducherry and Sikkim. The decomposition of MPI indicates that …

This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the … Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education … living standard dimension, decomposition of MPI across the dimensions and the indicators, and estimates of multidimensional …