Considering the extremely poor: Multidimensional poverty measurement for Germany

This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011) index of multidimensional poverty to German data. This is done with respect to the politically most important dimensions of poverty mentioned in the German federal government's report on poverty 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.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Nowak, Daniel ; Scheicher, Christoph
Publisher:	Cologne : University of Cologne, Institute of Econometrics and Statistics
Subject:	Poverty index \| multivariate poverty \| Alkire-Foster index \| SOEP

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Series:	Discussion Papers in Econometrics and Statistics ; 02/14
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	797962662 [GVK] hdl:10419/102646 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:ucdpse:0214 [RePEc]
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	EconStor

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