Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/102646 
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

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