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When designing indicators of well being attention is focused on its multidimensionality and on aggregation across different dimensions. However, two other aspects need consideration: distribution of each indicator within its dimension (inequality) and joint distribution of individual...
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In this methodological note we present a homogeneous measurement of labor income that is comparable over all years … measurement of inequality it is important not to include the year-end bonus (aguinaldo) or profit sharing (reparto de utilidades …, regardless of whether the measurement is for the prior month or a normalized three-month period. For the prior month measurement …
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Single parents and unmarried couples are increasingly replacing the traditional nuclear family. This paper investigates if the greater variety in living arrangements contributes to increased resource disparities among children in Germany. Children in single parent families are disadvantaged in...
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This paper presents the Colombian Multidimensional Poverty Index (CMPI), an initiative of the National Planning Department based on the methodology of Alkire and Foster (2010). The proposed index for Colombia is composed of five dimensions: education of household members; childhood and youth...
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This paper proposes a measure for deprivation in social participation, an important but so far neglected dimension of … approach. Essentially, the paper argues that deprivation in social participation can be convincingly established by drawing on … considerations, axiomatic research on poverty and deprivation, and previous empirical research on social exclusion and subjective …
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In this study we analyse the evolution of deprivation indicators and of a multidimensional poverty index using … Mozambican census data for 1997 and 2007. We analyse deprivation levels according to eight different indicators reflecting … multidimensional poverty index based on the selected deprivation indicators. The results are presented at the provincial and …
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