TY - JOUR

T1 - Multidimensional Time and Income Poverty

T2 - Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP Poverty Intensity - German Evidence

AU - Merz, Joachim

AU - Rathjen, Tim

PY - 2014/12

Y1 - 2014/12

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Economics

KW - CES well-being function

KW - Extended economic well-being

KW - Genuine personal leisure time

KW - German Socio-Economic Panel

KW - German Time Use Survey 2001/02

KW - Interdependent multidimensional time and income poverty

KW - Minimum multidimensional poverty gap (2DGAP)

KW - Satisfaction/happiness

KW - Union and compensation approach

KW - Working poor

KW - Economics, empirical/statistics

KW - Gender and Diversity

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912044993&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10888-013-9271-6

DO - 10.1007/s10888-013-9271-6

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 12

SP - 555

EP - 580

JO - Journal of Economic Inequality

JF - Journal of Economic Inequality

SN - 1569-1721

IS - 4

ER -