Multidimensional Time and Income Poverty: Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP Poverty Intensity - German Evidence

Joachim Merz; Tim Rathjen

doi:10.1007/s10888-013-9271-6

Multidimensional Time and Income Poverty: Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP Poverty Intensity - German Evidence

Joachim Merz
, Tim Rathjen

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Abstract

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
Journal	Journal of Economic Inequality
Volume	12
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	555-580
Number of pages	26
ISSN	1569-1721
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-013-9271-6
Publication status	Published - 12.2014

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Research areas and keywords

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

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Sociology and Political Science

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10.1007/s10888-013-9271-6

Zeit- und Einkommensarmut in Deutschland: Multidimensionale Analysen mit Zeitverwendungsdaten
Rathjen, T., 2017, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 285 p. (Schriften des Forschungsinstituts Freie Berufe; vol. 24)
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Multidimensional Time and Income Poverty: Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP Poverty Intensity - German Evidence

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Zeit- und Einkommensarmut in Deutschland: Multidimensionale Analysen mit Zeitverwendungsdaten

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