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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans: Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference?
Autores:  Dong, Diansheng
Lin, Biing-Hwan
Data:  2009-12-18
Ano:  2009
Palavras-chave:  Price subsidy
Demand elasticity
Food consumption
Fruits and vegetables
Low income
Homescan Data
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
And MyPyramid
Agricultural and Food Policy
Consumer/Household Economics
Demand and Price Analysis
Resumo:  Americans’ diets, particularly those of low-income households, fall short of Government recommendations in the quantity of fruits and vegetables consumed. Some proposals suggest that a price subsidy for those products would encourage low-income Americans to consume more of them. This study estimated that a 10-percent subsidy would encourage low-income Americans to increase their consumption of fruits by 2.1-5.2 percent and vegetables by 2.1-4.9 percent. The annual cost of such a subsidy for low-income Americans would be about $310 million for fruits and $270 million for vegetables. And most would still not meet Federal dietary recommendations.
Tipo:  Report
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://purl.umn.edu/55835
Relação:  United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Economic Research Report
Economic Research Report
Number 70
Formato:  17
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