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.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Economic Inequality |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 555-580 |
Number of pages | 26 |
ISSN | 1569-1721 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12.2014 |
- Economics - CES well-being function, Extended economic well-being, Genuine personal leisure time, German Socio-Economic Panel, German Time Use Survey 2001/02, Interdependent multidimensional time and income poverty, Minimum multidimensional poverty gap (2DGAP), Satisfaction/happiness, Union and compensation approach, Working poor
- Economics, empirical/statistics
- Gender and Diversity