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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Income and Price Elasticities of Food Demand and Nutrient Consumption in Malawi
Autores: | Ecker,   Olivier; Qaim,   Matin.
Data: | 2008-05-06
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Quadratic almost ideal demand system; Food security; Micronutrient malnutrition; Calorie elasticities; Nutrient elasticities; Malawi; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Resumo: | Widespread malnutrition in developing countries calls for appropriate interventions, presupposing good knowledge about the nutritional impacts of policies. Little previous work has been carried out in this direction. We present a comprehensive analytical framework, which we apply for Malawi. Using household data and a demand systems approach, we estimate income and price elasticities of food, calorie, and micronutrient consumption. These estimates are used for policy simulations. Given multiple nutrient deficiencies, income-related policies are better suited than price policies to improve nutrition. While consumer subsidies for maize increase calorie and mineral consumption, they contribute to a higher prevalence of vitamin deficiencies.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

29958

http://purl.umn.edu/6349

Relação:

American Agricultural Economics Association&gt;2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida

Selected Paper

451037

Formato: | 38