Does Capability Deprivation Hurt? – Evidence from German Panel Data

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The present paper explores the link between poverty as capability deprivation and current life satisfaction. Using German panel data, I examine both whether capability deprivation does hurt and whether individuals eventually adapt. To detect capability deprivation I suggest relying on the nonconsumption of commodities pivotal for certain functioning achievements. The results indicate that poverty as capability deprivation reduces life satisfaction in a statistically and economically significant way. Moreover, the results suggest that individuals fail to adapt within the subsequent four to six years.

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• ISBN: 978-3-86788-413-6
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 359

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Welfare Economics: General
• Thema: Subjective well-being ; life satisfaction ; capability approach ; poverty ; adaptation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Suppa, Nicolai
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
• (wo): Essen
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.4419/86788413
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/61459