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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | Do Income Constraints Inhibit Spending on Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Households?
Autores: | Stewart,   Hayden; Blisard,   Noel; Jolliffe,   Dean.
Data: | 2006-09-25
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Censored least absolute deviations; Consumption; Fruits and vegetables; Low-income households; Nutrition; Sample design; Stochastic dominance; Consumer/Household Economics.
Resumo: | This study assesses whether income constraints inhibit spending on fruits and vegetables among low-income households. If this is the case, then it is hypothesized that the distribution of expenditures on fruits and vegetables by low-income households should be stochastically dominated by the distribution of expenditures on these same food items by other households. Moreover, it must be the case that low-income households would increase their spending on fruits and vegetables in response to an increase in their income. Using household data from the 2000 Consumer Expenditure Survey, a test of stochastic dominance is performed. Censored quantile regressions are also estimated at selected points of the conditional expenditure distribution. Low income households are found to spend less on fruits and vegetables than other households, but they are not responsive to changes in income.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

23800

http://purl.umn.edu/31064

Editor: | AgEcon Search
Relação: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics&gt;Volume 28, Number 03, December 2003

Formato:

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