Multidimensional Time and Income Poverty: Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP Poverty Intensity - German Evidence

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This paper focuses on interdependent multidimensional poverty of time and income with its incidence and intensity. We introduce a Two Dimensional Minimum Poverty Gap (2DGAP) measure, which quantifies the shortest path to escape multidimensional poverty. The 2DGAP disentangles single poverty attribute gaps while assuring their interdependence; an important issue for targeted antipoverty policies. Besides income, we include genuine personal leisure time with social participation reflecting Sen’s capability approach. The interdependence of multidimensional poverty is estimated by a CES-type well-being function with individual German data. The empirical results of Germany’s “working poor” emphasize the importance of time with social participation aspects in the multidimensional poverty discussion.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftJournal of Economic Inequality
Jahrgang12
Ausgabenummer4
Seiten (von - bis)555-580
Anzahl der Seiten26
ISSN1569-1721
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 12.2014

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