Given the scarcity of innovation measurements at the state level, we propose an innovation index. To test if the … proposed index is a good measure of innovation, we studied its relationship with economic growth across the United States …

The Fraser Institute's Provincial Healthcare Index 2013 uses publicly available data for the year 2010 (or the most …

multidimensional poverty index for Germany that is based on the capability approach. It also introduces a multidimensional happiness …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 …

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … index prove helpful in better tracking and understanding developments. Moreover, I find poor individuals to be adversely …Der vorliegende Beitrag erstellt einen mehrdimensionalen Armutsindex für Deutschland. Konzeptionell eingebettet in den …

This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual … index prove helpful in better tracking and understanding developments. Moreover, I find poor individuals to be adversely …

This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011) index of multidimensional poverty to German data. This is done with … and wealth. Additionally, a modification of the identification step of the Alkire-Foster index is proposed to guarantee … that individuals, who are extremely poor in only few dimensions, are not omitted by the index. …