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Non-monetary poverty and deprivation: a capability approach

Paul Anand, Sam Jones, Matthew Donoghue and Julien Tietler

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

Abstract: Given the continuing interest in multi-dimensional approaches to poverty, the article considers ways in which Senian capability indicators can be used to assess and understand poverty and deprivation. More specifically, we develop novel capability data on 29 dimensions for adults from the US, UK and Italy to explore three core research questions. First, we show that when poverty is seen as capability deprivation, different individuals are identified as poor compared with approaches based on low income or subjective wellbeing. However, we also observe that what the poor report being able to do or otherwise is, nonetheless, it is relatively robust to the use of these three different approaches. Second, we employ latent class analysis to identify poverty and deprivation profiles for groups within society and suggest that such profiles help to identify groups who are deprived or socially excluded with respect to some but not all areas of life. Third, and finally, we examine the association between individual capability deprivation and local area deprivation in the UK. We find that individual capabilities are associated with local area deprivation in some cases but that the connections vary significantly depending on the dimension under consideration. We discuss the results and conclude by suggesting that capability indicators can provide insights into poverty which do not emerge from a more traditional approach focusing on income alone.

Keywords: capability approach; deprivation; multiple dimensions; poverty; Sen; wellbeing; Multiple Dimensions; Deprivation; Capability Approach; Poverty; Wellbeing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2021-02-01
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Published in Journal of European Social Policy, 1, February, 2021, 31(1), pp. 78 - 91. ISSN: 0958-9287

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