Considering the extremely poor: Multidimensional poverty measurement for Germany

Nowak, Daniel; Scheicher, Christoph

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Title:

Considering the extremely poor: Multidimensional poverty measurement for Germany

Authors:

Nowak, Daniel
Scheicher, Christoph

Year of Publication:

2014

Series/Report no.:

Discussion Papers in Econometrics and Statistics No. 02/14

Publisher:

University of Cologne, Institute of Econometrics and Statistics, Cologne

Abstract:

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.

Subjects:

Poverty index
multivariate poverty
Alkire-Foster index
SOEP

JEL:

I32
D63

Document Type:

Working Paper

Appears in Collections:

Discussion Papers in Econometrics and Statistics, Institut für Ökonometrie und Statistik, Universität Köln

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