Tekguc, HasanAkbulut, Bengi2023-10-192023-10-19202251354-57011466-4372https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2021.2003837https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5433Conventional poverty measures have long been criticized as a poor gauge of quality of life. Household-level income or expenditure data used in these measures are silent on intrahousehold inequalities and capture means to an end rather than outcomes and opportunities individuals face. This article constructs a multidimensional poverty index (MPI) to address these problems. It calculates multidimensional poverty for Turkey in four equally weighted dimensions: education, health, employment, and household living conditions. The study introduces employment as a distinct dimension of well-being, which is especially pertinent for the gender gap in poverty in the Turkish context. It finds a significant (30-34 percent) gender poverty gap, which is gradually narrowing over time. However, there is very little convergence between regions. Finally, results show households with multidimensionally poor women and non-poor men as the most common sub-group and an increase in the share of households with no poor members.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCapabilitiesFeminizationInequalityEmploymentHouseholdIndexWomenWorkCapabilitiesFeminizationInequalityMultidimensional povertyEmploymentgender poverty gapHouseholdintrahousehold inequalityIndexemploymentWomenSurvey of Income and Living ConditionsWorkTurkeyArticle119151228WOS:00073256790000110.1080/13545701.2021.20038372-s2.0-85121681700Q2Q1